Brick
- Object Name:
- Brick
- Object ID:
- 1956.144
- Date:
- circa 1764
- Description:
- Brick, from Rolfe-Rumford House, Concord, NH. Light red, fired. Rectangular prism. Sides and ends and surfaces only roughly parallel. Large, original crack on one side. Some chipping along edges near crack. Half of one surface with spalling on it. Five dark characters in shallow groove on opposite surface. Hard to say if these marks are intentional enough to be legible writing or symbols. Appears to be cementitious residues. Some parallel white residues along one side. One end fairly smooth. Opposite end rough with raised edge along one side. Some dark residues on side with crack.
- Material:
- Ceramic
- Dimensions:
- H-2.1 W-4.3 L-8.5 inches Weight-54.25 oz
- Provenance:
- The Rolfe-Rumford House was built in 1764 for Col. Benjamin Rolfe (1710-1771) at Hall and Water Streets in Concord, NH. It was demolished in 1956.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Carl Irving Bell
- Subjects:
- Bricks
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