Object number
53/532
Description
This is a wooden tile mould, used to make a shallow tile. It is stamped 'IBBS'.
Physical description
1 mould: wood
Archival history
MERL 'Catalogue index' card – ‘… // DATE ACQUIRED: // GROUP: // NEGATIVE: // PERIOD: // PLACE OF ORIGIN: // NUMBER: // DESCRIPTION: …‘ The process of moulding consists of throwing a piece of tempered clay into a box like mould. First of all the mould, and the moulding table are sprinkled with sand and the moulder takes a lump of clay from the bench on his right hand side and flings it with some force into the mould. He then takes a strike or wire bow and takes off the superflous clay, placing it again in the heap. The moulded brick is then placed on a slab of wood or stone on the barrow, all ready to be taken to the drying sheds. This is a mould for a shallow tile. It is stamped IBBS'
Production date
1800-01-01 - 1899-12-31
Production period
Nineteenth century
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