VESSEL NO.: 5-28-85

VESSEL FORM: Carinated bowl

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog

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

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

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: light brown; fire clouds on the rim, body, and base

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

WALL THICKNESS (IN MM): rim, 5.7 mm

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

HEIGHT (IN CM): 7.4

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 13.7

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 14.1

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 3.4; circular and rounded

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.6

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim panel has an engraved meandering scroll that is repeated six times around the vessel; the scrolls end in a hooked arm element. The central scroll line has small excised pendant triangles on it. The upper and lower scroll fill zones are filled with a series of vertical engraved lines.

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: red pigment in the engraved lines

TYPE AND VARIETY (IF KNOWN): Taylor Engraved

Taylor Engraved carinated bowl.