Bricks

Handmade, pressed, and extruded bricks. This collection includes firebricks, bonding bricks, fixing bricks, modular bricks, and shaped and coloured bricks, as well as accessories such as wall ties.

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Brick Collection

Bricks: collection data

Accession number	Object name	Material	Brief description	Dimensions	Date	Maker	Maker's marks
ABP-HBM-1.100	Handmade brick	clay	Orange-coloured handmade brick, fine sandy composition.	225 x 105 x 75 mm	1860s?	unknown	Impressed mark on underside: (diamond)
ABP-HBM-1.101	Handmade brick	brick, cinders, pebbles	Handmade brick with extensive firecracking, pale orange clay, both heads painted	230 x 105 mm x 75 mm	1855-60?		Two thumbprints in opposite corners of upper face.
ABP-HBM-1.102	Handmade brick	terracotta	Thin brick of red/orange clay.	220 x 105 x 50 mm		unknown	no marks
ABP-HBM-1.103	Handmade brick	terracotta	Handmade brick of orange-coloured clay, with fine sandy composition.	240 x 120 x 65 mm	c.1840s (?)	unknown	frog made from drawing finger through the surface of the brick
ABP-HBM-1.104	Handmade brick	terracotta	Handmade brick of dark orange-coloured clay, fine sandy texture.	220 x 100 x 60 mm	late 1840s (?)	unknown	no marks
ABP-HBM-1.105	Handmade Brick	terracotta	Brick of orange-coloured clay, with fine sandy composition; rough rectangular frog.	220 x 110 x 70 mm	Possibly Corinella 1826?	unknown	Rectangular frog, possibly fashioned by hand.
ABP-HBM-1.106	Handmade brick	terracotta	Handmade brick of red clay, dense composition.	235 x 110 x 70 mm			Two thumbprints in opposite corners of upper face.
ABP-HBM-1.107	Handmade Brick	terracotta	Handmade brick of orange clay, dense with some firecracking; with thumbprint on one side.	incomplete length x 110 x 70 mm	1855-1870s?		Thumbprint (and one other finger/thumb print adjacent) in one corner of upper face.
ABP-HBM-1.108	Handmade clinker brick	terracotta	Small handmade clinker brick of red/orange clay, with roughly rectangular handmade frog. Mortar - attached to flat face - contains pieces of shell and charcoal.	195 x 95 x 70 mm	1830-40s?
ABP-HBM-1.109	Handmade brick	terracotta	Handmade brick of dark orange-coloured clay, fine sandy texture.	235 x 110 x 70 mm	Corinella 1826?		Impressed heart shape
ABP-HBM-1.110	Handmade brick	terracotta	Convict-made brick of red/orange-coloured clay.	230 x 110 x 70 mm	1830s	convict-made	Impressed arrow on header
ABP-HBM-1.111	Handmade brick	Clay	Handmade brick of pale orange clay with two thumbprints, on opposite corners of upper face.	245 x 120 x 80 mm			Two thumbprints in opposite corners of upper face.
ABP-HBM-1.112	Handmade brick	terracotta	Handmade brick of dark orange-coloured clay, fine sandy texture. Heart imprint on upper face.	225 x 110 x 65 mm			Impressed heart shape
ABP-HBM-1.113	Handmade brick	terracotta	Crumbling handmade brick of pale orange-brown coloured clay, with cinders and extensive fire-cracking. Two thumbprints in opposite corners of upper face.	230 x 100 x 75 mm	1850s?		Two thumbprints in opposite corners of upper face.
ABP-HBM-1.114	Handmade brick	Clay	Handmade brick of pale orange clay. One large face has layers of paint.	240 x 120 x 75 mm
ABP-HBM-1.115	Handmade brick	Clay	Handmade brick of red/orange coloured clay, roughly rectangular-shaped frog.	230 x 110 x 70 mm
ABP-HBM-1.116	Handmade brick	Clay	Handmade brick of orange clay, with thumbprint on upper face. One stretcher face has a layer of mortar.	245 x 110 x 75 mm	1855-65?	unknown	no marks
ABP-HBM-1.117	Handmade brick		Handmade brick of red clay, with two thumbprints.	230 x 105 mm x 70 mm	1858?
ABP-HBM-1.118	Handmade brick		Handmade brick of cream coloured clay, diamond-shaped frog. One header and adjoining stretcher have paint layers.	240 x 110 x 70 mm	1850>
ABP-HBM-1.119	Handmade brick	Clay	Handmade brick of red/orange coloured clay, roughly rectangular-shaped frog.	225 x 105 x 70 mm
ABP-HBM-1.120	Handmade brick		Handmade brick of pale orange-coloured clay, fine sandy texture. Heart imprint on upper face.	230 x 110 x 70 mm			Impressed heart shape
ABP-HBM-1.121	Handmade brick		Handmade brick of pale orange-coloured clay, fine sandy texture. Large rectangular frog.	incomplete length x 100 x 65 mm	1830-40?
ABP-HBM-1.122	Handmade brick	Clay	Handmade brick of orange-coloured clay, fine sandy texture. Rectangular frog.	230 x 110 x 70 mm	early 1850s
ABP-HBM-1.123	Handmade brick	Clay	Part of handmade brick of orange-coloured clay, fine sandy texture. Diamond-shaped frog.	incomplete length x 105 x 70 mm	Likely from corinella	Convict made	Diamond shaped frog
ABP-HBM-1.124	Handmade Brick	Clay	Handmade brick of red/orange coloured clay, roughly rectangular-shaped frog.	230 x 85-100 x 70 mm			Rectangular frog, possibly fashioned by hand.
ABP-HBM-1.125	Handmade Brick	Clay	Part of handmade brick of orange-coloured clay, fine sandy texture.	incomplete length x 110 x 70 mm			Two marks scratched into header, thumb print visible, partly concealed by mortar.
ABP-HBM-1.126	Handmade Brick	Clay	Handmade brick of orange-coloured clay, fine sandy texture. Heart-shaped mark/frog.	230 x 110 x 70 mm			Heart-shaped mark or frog
ABP-HBM-1.127	Handmade brick	Clay	Handmade brick of orange clay with two thumbprints, on opposite corners of upper face.	215 x 100 x 65 mm			Two thumbprints in opposite corners of upper face.
ABP-HBM-1.128	Handmade brick	Clay	Handmade brick of brown-coloured clay, flecked with ash. Rectangular frog; the centre marked with an impressed cross.	230 x 110 x 70 mm		Probably made on the brickfields south of the Yarra in the 1840s.	Impressed cross within the rectangular frog.
ABP-HBM-1.129	Handmade brick		Handmade, slop-moulded brick of orange-coloured clay				Possible thumbprint
ABP-HBM-1.130	Handmade Brick	Clay	Handmade brick of orange clay with two thumbprints on opposite corners of upper face	220 x 110 x 70 mm			Two thumbprints in opposite corners of upper face.
ABP-HBM-1.131	Handmade Brick	Clay	Handmade brick with two thumbprints on opposite corners of upper face		1867		Two thumbprints in opposite corners of upper face.
ABP-HBM-1.132	Handmade clinker brick	Clay	Half of a handmade clinker brick with rectangular frog. Red clay with pieces of ash.	incomplete length x 100 x 65 mm	c.1864	Probably E. Wagner, Tobin St., Maldon

Accession number	Object name	Material	Brief description	Dimensions	Date	Maker	Maker's marks
ABP-HBM-1.200	Pressed brick		Pressed brick of off-white-coloured clay.	230 x 115 x 75 mm	1860s?	Presumably John Glew's Phillipstown Brickworks.	Impressed mark: 'J.G' within lozenge
ABP-HBM-1.201	Machine-pressed brick	Clay	Machine-pressed brick of white-coloured clay.	230 x 115 x 75 mm		Presumably John Glew's Phillipstown Brickworks.	Impressed mark: 'J.G' within lozenge
ABP-HBM-1.202	Machine-pressed brick		Machine-pressed brick of red/orange-coloured clay. Rectangular frog with screw-impressions at either end.	230 x 115 x 75 mm		BB & S Company, Newmarket, Brisbane, Queensland	BB&Scoy/NEWMARKET'
ABP-HBM-1.203	Machine-pressed brick	Clay	Machine-pressed brick of light brown-coloured clay, flecked throughout with black. Rectangular frog with screw-impressions at either end.	235 x 110 x 70 mm	C1890?	James Campbell & Sons, Brisbane, Queensland	Impressed marks: 'CAMPBELL/(two screw marks)/BRISBANE' within a deep oval-shaped frog.
ABP-HBM-1.204	Pressed Brick	Clay	Pressed brick of cream-coloured clay, surface partlystriped red-orange.	Approx. 230 x 115 x 75		Darley Fire Brick Company, England	Impressed mark on underside: "DARLEY/F.B.Co."
ABP-HBM-1.205	Pressed Brick	Clay	Pressed brick of orange-red colour with rectangular frog. Covered with paint on three faces	230 x 110 x 75 mm			Impressed mark "B.P. / IND" inside the frog. Two circular markings on the periphery of the frog

Accession number	Object name	Material	Brief description	Dimensions	Date	Maker	Maker's marks
ABP-HBM-1.300	Handmade chimney brick	terracotta	Handmade brick of pale orange clay with thumbprint on one side.	220 x 105 x 60 mm	1851		Thumbprint in one corner of upper face.
ABP-HBM-1.301	Handmade chimney brick	Clay	Handmade chimney brick of orange-coloured clay, with thumbprint on upper face.	225 x 105 x 65 mm	1851
ABP-HBM-1.302	Handmade chimney brick	terracotta	Fragment of handmade brick of pale orange clay with thumbprint on one side.	55 x 65 x50 mm	1851		Thumbprint in one corner of upper face.
ABP-HBM-1.303	Modular brick	Clay	Modular brick of pale orange-coloured clay, with five rectangular holes spaced evenly through the length of the brick.	300 x 100 x 70 mm	1968		Impressed letters and numbers on one stretcher face, partly obscured; only '21' is clear
ABP-HBM-1.304	Glazed Pressed Brick	Clay	Glazed pressed brick with rectangular frog on two faces. Central portion of the frog raised with the patent's mark.	230 x 115 x 70 mm	1883	Farnley Iron Co. Ltd., Leeds	Impressed mark on the frog on two faces of the brick "FARNLEY / LEEDS / IRON Co "
ABP-HBM-1.305	Fixing brick	Clay	Ackrill patent fixing brick of pale orange-coloured clay, with lateral wedge slong edge of large face.	230 x 115 x 80 mm	c.1860	?	Impressed marks: "S.G." on the frog. "A & Co/PATT" on the stretcher face.
ABP-HBM-1.306	Jenning's brick	Clay	Flashing brick of patent design; dark-orange clay.	310 x 100 x 70 mm	1870s?	Thomas widicombe, copy of jennings brick. Port arlington	Impressed mark: 'PATENT', and the letters "T", "H" and "W"
ABP-HBM-1.307	Fire Brick	terracotta	Brick of pale cream-coloured clay.	230 x115 x 65 mm	After 1880?	Cowen	Impressed mark on underside: "COWEN"
ABP-HBM-1.308	Fire brick	Clay	Pressed brick of cream-coloured clay, surface partly covered with red-orange glaze. One end has been cut off at an angle prior to firing.	220 x 115 x 80 mm	1850s?	Darley Fire Brick Company, England	Impressed mark on underside: "DARLEY/F.B.Co." along with impressed circle
ABP-HBM-1.309	Fire brick	Clay	Brick of cream coloured clay with large grains of sand/quartz?	225 x 110 x 75 mm		Ordish, Dandenong	Impressed mark: 'ORDISH/DANDENONG'
ABP-HBM-1.310	Fire Brick	Clay	Brick of pale cream-coloured clay; granular texture.	230 x 115 x 60 mm		Cowen	Impressed mark on underside: "COWEN"
ABP-HBM-1.311	Fire brick		thin fire brick of pale cream clay	265 x 140 x 35 mm
ABP-HBM-1.312	Fire brick	Clay	thin fire brick of pale cream clay	220 x 105 x 45 mm
ABP-HBM-1.313	Firebrick	Clay	Part of a brick of pale orange clay with rectangular frog	Incomplete length x 115 x 75 mm	c1860	Wallyford Brickworks	Impressed mark on the frog "A. A. CHRISTIE / WALLYFORD / BRICK WORKS"
ABP-HBM-1.314	Slop-moulded Fire brick	Clay	Slop-moulded brick of cream-coloured clay; possibly a firebrick.	235 x 120 x 60 mm	?1850s	Ramsay	Impressed mark on underside: "RAMSAY"
ABP-HBM-1.315	Gauged Pressed Brick	Clay	Pressed brick of off-white-coloured clay. Presumably a coner piece	225 x 110 x 75 mm	CHECK WITH MILES	Presumably John Glew's Phillipstown Brickworks.	Impressed mark: 'J.G' with two circles impressed between the letters
ABP-HBM-1.316	Gauged Pressed Brick	Clay	Pressed brick of orange clay. Curved at one end	225 x 115 75 mm	CHECK WITH MILES	Presumably John Glew's Phillipstown Brickworks.	Impressed mark: 'J.G' with two circles impressed between the letters
ABP-HBM-1.317	Gauged Handmade Brick	Clay	Pressed brick of off-white-coloured clay. Curved at one end	230 x 115 x 75 mm	1826	From Corinella Sttlement, Westernport Bay??	Impressed mark: 'S.G.' with two circles impressed between the letters

Accession number	Object name	Material	Brief description	Dimensions	Date	Maker	Maker's marks
ABP-HBM-1.400	Morse Brick tie	metal	Metal brick tie		c1885
ABP-HBM-1.401	Morse Brick tie	metal	Metal brick tie		c1885
ABP-HBM-1.402	Hoop tie (301)	Wrought iron	Wrought iron bond / wall tie of ladder type used in every sixth course		1888
ABP-HBM-1.403	Iron strap	iron	Flat strap of iron, folded under at both ends.
ABP-HBM-1.404	Hoop iron reinforcement		From A cavity wall		Late nineteenth century
ABP-HBM-1.405	Wall tie				Late nineteenth century

Accession number	Object name	Material	Brief description	Dimensions	Date	Maker	Maker's marks
ABP-HBM-1.500	Terracotta hollow block		Square section terracotta hollow block
ABP-HBM-1.501	Terracotta lumber	terracotta and sawdust	Piece of terracotta lumber of rectangular form with two square section holes running through its length.
ABP-HBM-1.502	Paving tile	Clay	Paving tile impressed with "I. GLEW"		1860-1	John Glew

Accession number	Object name	Material	Brief description	Dimensions	Date	Maker	Maker's marks
ABP-HBM-1.600	Brickmaker's sandal	wood, leather, iron	Wooden overshoe; wooden sole in two parts with sole and toe section fastened together with section of leather which has a buckle. A second piece of leather is fixed with metal screws to the edge of the heel; the top edge of the leather has a buckle for fastening around the ankle.	290 x 120 x 100 mm	Mid 20th century
ABP-HBM-1.601	Brick pieces	Clay	Broken pieces from a brick
ABP-HBM-1.602	Timber fillet	Timber	Timber fillet for fixing brick	155 x 75 x 60 mm	1860