Soft Red Brick
SRHGH1 is a soft red brick that came from the Hermann-Grimma house in the French Quarter of New Orleans. From initial observation, the red color seems to indicate that the clay came from the Mississippi River. The brick does not have a brickmaker’s
From Lynch (2009): “From initial observation, the red color seems to indicate that the clay came from the Mississippi River. The brick is stamped “BARRE. F,” although documentary research failed to find more about this brickmaker. This sample is a fire brick, has sharp edges, and is struck from header to header across the bedding face. The strike marks on the brick indicate that it was cut with a wire. The lack of sand in the surface indicates that oil was used as a molding lubricant. Given these characteristics, the brick appears to have been produced by extrusion through a type of soft mud machine. However, it is relatively heavier than other bricks in the soft red group and may have been repressed. SRGS1 is also cracked and deformed.”
From Lynch (2009): “From initial observation, the red color seems to indicate that the clay came from the Mississippi River. The brick does not have a brickmaker’s stamp, although it is likely that the brick dates to the 1820s. This sample is a regular brick, has rough edges, and is struck from stretcher to stretcher across the bedding face. The strike marks on the brick indicate that it was struck with a wooden striker, which is consistent with the period. The 21 lack of sand in the surface indicates that water was used as a molding lubricant. Given these characteristics, the brick appears to have been hand-moulded using the soft mud method.”
From Lynch (2009): “From initial observation, the red color seems to indicate that the clay came from the Mississippi River. The brick does not have a brickmaker’s stamp, although it came out of the roof of Pelican Mutual Benevolent Society Tomb. This sample is a regular brick and is struck across the bedding face. It is unclear which direction the brickmaker struck the brick, but it was done with a wire. This brick appears to have been extruded, and the lack of sand in the surface indicates that oil was used as a molding lubricant. Given these characteristics, the brick appears to have been produced by extrusion using the stiff-mud machine and repressed.”
From Lynch (2009): “From initial observation, the red color seems to indicate that the clay came from the Mississippi River. The brick was recovered from a brick stable on the property that was built in 1854. The brick does not have a brickmaker’s stamp, although it is likely that the brick is the same age as the stable. This sample is a regular in shape brick, has sharp-pressed edges, and is struck from header to header across the bedding face. The strike marks on the brick indicate that it was struck with a metal striker, which is consistent with the period. The presence of sand in the surface indicates that sand was used as a molding lubricant. Given these characteristics, the brick appears to have been made through extrusion using a stiff-mud machine.”
From Lynch (2009): “From initial observation, the red color seems to indicate that the clay came from the Mississippi River. The brick does not have a brickmaker’s stamp, and the age is unknown. This sample is a fire brick, has sharp-pressed edges, and is struck from header to header across the bedding face. The strike marks on the brick indicate that it was struck with a wire. The lack of sand in the surface indicates that oil was used as a molding lubricant. Given these characteristics, the brick appears to have been extruded through a stiff-mud machine.”
From Lynch (2009): “From initial observation, the red color seems to indicate that the clay came from the Mississippi River. The brick does not have a brickmaker’s stamp, although it is likely that the brick dates to the 1820s. This sample is a regular brick, has rounded edges, and is struck from header to header across the bedding face. The strike marks on the brick indicate that it was struck with a wooden striker, which is consistent with the period. The lack of sand in the surface indicates that water was used as a molding lubricant. Given these characteristics, the brick appears to have been hand-moulded using the soft-mud method.”