Summary
Red, machine pressed brick with shallow frog. Maker's name is impressed in the frog, where it reads "HOFFMAN BRICKWORKS / BRUNSWICK".
Hoffmans Brickworks, or at least their works, was the last surviving brickmakers in Brunswick. In 1990 the then owners, Nubrick, closed the factory and clay pits on Dawson Street, Brunswick, over a centruy after work began on the site. See narrative, 'Hoffman Brickworks' for further details of this company.
Donated by Myles Whelan when his family scrap merchant and demolition company, Whelan the Wrecker, went into receivership in 1991.
Physical Description
Red, machine pressed brick with shallow frog. The maker's name is impressed in the frog.
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Mr Myles Whelan, 20 Dec 1991
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Manufacturer
Hoffman Brick & Potteries Ltd., Victoria, Australia, post 1870
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Inscriptions
Impressed in Frog is "HOFFMAN BRICKWORKS / BRUNSWICK".
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Overall Dimensions
223 mm (Length), 110 mm (Width), 75 mm (Height), 3.6 kg (Weight)
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References
HILL, GREGORY. THE POTTERIES OF BRUNSWICK. SHEPPARTON ART GALLERY,2000.
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