Handmade brick

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Identifier

ABP-HBM-1.101

Title

Handmade brick

Date

1855-60?

Description

Handmade brick with extensive firecracking, pale orange clay, both heads painted
Two thumbprints in opposite corners of upper face.
good condition
Cracks throughout with two faces painted
Acquired 1972

Contributor

Obtained from the owners.

Source

Offington' cottage, Olinda

Type

Brick
brick, cinders, pebbles

Physical Dimensions

230 x 105 mm x 75 mm

Collection

Citation

“Handmade brick,” Miles Lewis Heritage Building Materials Collection, accessed December 28, 2024, https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/mlbh_collection/items/show/158.