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Implement said by Lavinia Smith to be used for cleaning bricks. It consists of an oblong iron blade and a wooden handle.
This implement was said by Lavinia Smith to be used for cleaning bricks. It consists of an oblong iron blade and a wooden handle. Nothing else is known about it.

1 brick cleaner: wood and metal [iron]; good condition

MERL 'Catalogue index' card – 'This implement is said by Miss Smith to have been used for cleaning bricks. The head is made of iron, the main blade being welded onto the handle, which in turn is sunk into a wooden handle and held in place by a band of iron. The blade is flat and oblong with slightly curved sides. // The brick cleaner is 11.75 inches in length and the head is 7.75 inches long and 4.3 inches wide.', Lavinia Smith Catalogue (D60/28) - 'A list of the contents of the East Hendred museum. July 5 1940 // 467. Implement for cleaning bricks.'

Wood, Metal, iron

Rippon, Miss Dorothy May Lyddon (Agent)