Mold, Brick

Object Name:

Mold, Brick

Object ID:

1975.049.03

Description:

Brick Mold. Steel and wood. Rectangular array of two wide and three high. Wood stained light gray. Handle 5.8" wide, extends 1" from end. Flat ends slightly tapered. Top of handle edge rounded and worn. Bottom edge slightly rounded. Handles nailed in place. Body stock for wood portions 0.5" thick. Cells measure 8.5" long by 4.1" wide. Rectangular box with mortise and tenon joints on sides holding dividers in place, two central joints half-lap, corners finger joints. Three steel strips that coincide with width and length of sides. Three long ones that run from one end to other. Eight smaller ones that run between them. 12 flathead wood screws hold down long steel pieces. Shorter pieces held by three flathead wood screws. Screws all steel. Three strips of wood on bottom, ~ 1.2" thick, that run from one end to other but one stops just before the end piece. The three strips run the full length to the other end. End pieces on bottom have chamfer across them. Six short strips go between the long ones. All strips held in place by steel brads or small steel nails. For the long strips, irregular spacing for nails, but 13-15 per strip. Short strips seem to have three nails in center. At one end, short strips have five nails each. At opposite end, single strip has about seven nails. On sides, mortises and tenons seem to be 0.5" square. Top tenon at finger joints, 0.3" high, next 0.5" high, next 0.7" high, next one down 0.5", bottom roughly 0.2" high from a combination of side wood and applied wood strip.

Material:

Wood
Steel

Dimensions:

H-2.3 W-9.7 L-29.8 inches Weight-45.85 oz

Credit Line:

Gift of Mary W. McEvoy, Elizabeth W. Getty, and Margaret W. Mirick

People:

Whittemore, Arthur G. (1856-1931), Whittemore, Caroline R. (1858-1934), Whittemore, Manvel O. (1890-1961), McEvoy, Mary W. (1917-2001), Getty, Elizabeth W. (1920-1992), Mirick, Margaret W. (1919-2004)

Subjects:

Bricks