SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: George T. Wright Collection, Red River County, Texas

VESSEL NO.: GTW-243, B. R. R.

VESSEL FORM: Bottle with a spool neck

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: shell

RIM AND LIP FORM: Direct rim and flat lip

CORE COLOR: B (fired and cooled in a reducing environment)

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: black

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: black

WALL THICKNESS (IN MM): rim, 7.4 mm

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

HEIGHT (IN CM): 17.1

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 3.5

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 4.0; maximum body diameter: 14.1 cm

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 5.6 cm, circular and flat

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.4

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The vessel body has four sets of upper and lower interlocking concentric curvilinear engraved scrolls that end in hooked arm elements. The upper set of scrolls are divided by pendant triangles filled with diagonal incised lines, while the lower set of scrolls are divided by curvilinear triangular elements.

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none

TYPE AND VARIETY (IF KNOWN): Taylor Engraved

Taylor Engraved bottle with a spool neck, GTW-243.