My great (however many) grandfather or uncle, I don't know which, owned the
local brickyard.  I never thought about it before but, what are bricks made
of and how do they get red?  Ruth


At 11:08 PM -0500 2/2/02, Mark Clark wrote:
>During two recent restoration projects, I have come across bricks with what I
>would discribe as molded "hallmarks" on the "top" surface of the brick.  I
>have seen plenty of bricks with manufacturer's names both imprinted or
>raised...these marks however are symbols.  One is a circle with a cross in
>it, looks sort of like an Indian medicine wheel or something, and the other
>looks like the cedar tree on the Lebanese flag.  Both bricks probably date to
>1870-90.  Two questions:
>
>1.  Has anyone else come across bricks with symbols on them, and what was the
>probable vintage?
>
>2.  Does anyone know if a directory or registry of sorts exists (like those
>that are around for silversmith's hallmarks and the like) that would help to
>identify the original manufacturers.  (These bricks appear to have been
>mass-produced.)
>
>I don't expect that any of these firms would still be in business, and if
>they were, I don't think they would have any "1874 Distressed Reds" lying
>about...it is more a question of morbid curiousity than anything else.
>
>Thanks,
>Mark
>
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