• Title
  Mould for hand made bricks, ca. 1788-1880
• Call number
  SAFE/DR 141
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  ca. 1788-1880
• Type of material
  Objects
• Reference code
  886583
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  1 brick mould - iron and wood - overall measurement 26.7 x 14.1 cm
  
• Scope and Content
  Three piece mould consisting of two rectangular wooden blocks with iron rims attached by numerous screws. Markings on inside of both blocks, of government arrow and the initials 'BO'. Third piece is open ended with four sides of iron, two sides having an outer covering of wood. A government arrow and the initials 'BO' appear on one of the wood-covered sides. The two shorter sides have the trademark 'Boston London'. The wooden blocks fit into this third piece.
• Access Conditions
  
  Access via appointment
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright:
  Please acknowledge:: Dixson Library, State Library of New South Wales
• Description source
  
  Information transferred from Pictures Card Catalogue as part of the eRecords Project, 2009-2010
• General note
  
  Digital order no:Album ID : 1004889
• Date note
  
  Dated from the year brick moulds first used in Australia to the year small machine first used to turn out bricks (Reference: Holden, Edgar Anthony, 'The History of the Brick, Tile and Clay Products Industries in Australia' in 'The History and Development of the Primary Manufacturers of Australasia', Sydney, 1935, pp. 26-27)
• Topic
  bricks
  moulds (forms)
  
• Exhibited in
  
  Macquarie the Governor, 1810 to 1821 - Macquarie Bank (7 May, 2012 - 5 May, 2013)
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE136980

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