Handmade clinker brick

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Identifier

ABP-HBM-1.108

Title

Handmade clinker brick

Date

1830-40s?

Description

Small handmade clinker brick of red/orange clay, with roughly rectangular handmade frog. Mortar - attached to flat face - contains pieces of shell and charcoal.
poor condition
Crumbling
Acquired Oct-76

Contributor

Obtained by Miles Lewis.

Source

Premaydena, Tasmania

Type

terracotta

Physical Dimensions

195 x 95 x 70 mm

Collection

Bricks

Citation

“Handmade clinker brick,” Miles Lewis Heritage Building Materials Collection, accessed November 25, 2024, https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/mlbh_collection/items/show/165.