VESSEL NO.: 2003.08.721

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog

VESSEL FORM: Carinated bowl

RIM AND LIP FORM: Direct rim and rounded, exterior folded lip

CORE COLOR: F (fired in a reducing environment and cooled in the open air)

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: yellowish-brown; fire clouds on the base

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: yellowish-brown; fire clouds on the rim, body, and base

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 9.1 mm; body, 8.0 mm

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

HEIGHT (IN CM): 12.7

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 26.0

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 26.0

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 8.9; flat and circular

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 1.98

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim panel has an engraved scroll motif repeated an unknown number of times around the vessel (probably four times, but only a portion of the rim is available). The scrolls are divided by hatched brackets, and there are upper and lower hatched scroll fill zones.

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none

TYPE AND VARIETY [IF KNOWN]: Ripley Engraved, var. Gandy

Ripley Engraved, var. Gandy carinated bowl, Henry Williams cemetery, Burial 19, Vessel 2003.08.721.