Object number
97/7/4
Description
A name stamp from Pinewood Brick & Tile Works, Hermitage, Berkshire, which closed in 1939.
A name stamp from Pinewood Brick and Tile Works in Hermitage, Berkshire, which closed in 1939. It is a U-shaped tool with a bar screwed across the mouth, and a nameplate with the word 'Pinewood' fixed to it.
Archival history
MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Institute of Agricultural History) – 'Recorder: JMB // Date: 5.12.97 // Description: Tools and moulds for making handmade bricks & tiles. // 60/16921 (1) Wood & metal tile mould L. 46.0 cm W. 22.5 cm D. 2.5 cm // 60/16922 (2) Wood & metal brick mould L. 38.5 cm W. 16.5 cm D. 7.0 cm // 60/16963 (3) Metal striking off tool – curved edge with two handles. L. of handles: 18.0 cm W. 21.5 cm // 60/16962 (4) Name stamp. U-shaped metal gadget with a bar screwed to it and a name plate fixed to it. Inscription PINEWOOD L. 44.5 cm H. 15.0 cm W. of nameplate 6.0 cm // Dimensions: … // Associated information: These tools were collected from The Pinewood Brick & Tile Works, Hermitage, Berkshire. // The last bricks were made in 1939. By the 1960s the site was derelict and it was destroyed when the M4 was build. Dr. West collected the tools at that time and kept them until he donated them to MERL.’
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