Handmade brick

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Identifier

ABP-HBM-1.128

Title

Handmade brick

Description

Handmade brick of brown-coloured clay, flecked with ash. Rectangular frog; the centre marked with an impressed cross.
Impressed cross within the rectangular frog.
fair condition
Some chips to corners
Acquired 1972

Creator

Probably made on the brickfields south of the Yarra in the 1840s.

Source

Unknown. Obtained from the Alexandra Parade underpass excavations, 1972.

Type

Brick
Clay

Physical Dimensions

230 x 110 x 70 mm

Collection

Citation

Probably made on the brickfields south of the Yarra in the 1840s., “Handmade brick,” Miles Lewis Heritage Building Materials Collection, accessed December 28, 2024, https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/mlbh_collection/items/show/185.