Handmade brick
Identifier
ABP-HBM-1.118
Title
Handmade brick
Date
1850>
Description
Handmade brick of cream coloured clay, diamond-shaped frog. One header and adjoining stretcher have paint layers.
good condition
Crumbling at few corners
Acquired 1983
Contributor
Acquired by Miles Lewis .
Source
Original provenance unknown but found loose in a fireplace at 306 bank Street, south Melbourne. Possibly from the time of the bichrome refacing of this house (originally an 1850s portable iron house).
Physical Dimensions
240 x 110 x 70 mm
Collection
Citation
“Handmade brick,” Miles Lewis Heritage Building Materials Collection, accessed May 3, 2024, https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/mlbh_collection/items/show/175.