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Diamond Jubilee brick

1897 c.

Bullnose-shaped Red Brick, King's Lynn, 19th Century

1801-1900

Red Brick with Cross-shaped Frog, 19th Century

1801-1900

Cranked Cavity Tie Brick, Glazed, 1891-1901

1891-1901

Assyrian Brick, 604-551 BC

604-551 BCE

Brick made by Astley & Tyldesley Coal & Salt Company

circa 1920

Red-bowed Brick with Frog, 19th Century

1801-1900

Brick from industrial workers' housing

1780-1829

Brick from industrial workers' housing

1780-1829

Brick from industrial workers' housing

1780-1829

Brick from industrial workers' housing

1780-1829

Brick from industrial workers' housing

1780-1829
Light red rectangular tax brick (247 x 120 x 85 mm) from kiln, Woolpit, Suffolk, date 1803-1850.

Red Tax Brick, Suffolk, 1803-1850

1803-1850
This bricklined wooden vat with stirrer was built at some point between the late 19th century and early 20th century at the Levenstein/Blackley dyeworks which was based in Manchester. The vat is approximately 12 feet in diameter and 5 feet and 20 inches high and weighs approximately 4 and half tons. The exterior is made of wooden planks held in place by metal hooping, whilst the interior walls is lined with red bricks. A motor is set on top of the vat to facilitate pump the mixture in and out of the vat, and to power the internal stirrer.

Bricklined wooden vat

Earlu 20th Century
Triangular brick floor tile, from City of London, Roman, 100-380AD

Triangular brick floor tile

100-380 CE
Basic brick used for lining Bessemer converters in Thomas-Gilchrist process.

Fragments of Bricks from the Bessemer Converter, 1878

1878
Three Flemish bricks, one probably 18th century used as edge as yard paving, size 170 x 180 x 40 mm

Three Flemish bricks

Rectangular brick, colliery, from Bickershaw, made by A W Cachers Whitley and Co.

Coal mining brick