18th Century Material Culture

Brick & Plaster

Making Brick
 “Briqueterie” (Brick Maker)
 Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des métiers et des arts by Diderot & d'Alembert 1763
 “Briqueterie” (Brick Maker)
 Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des métiers et des arts by Diderot & d'Alembert 1763
 “Briqueterie” (Brick Maker)
 Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des métiers et des arts by Diderot & d'Alembert 1763
 “Briqueterie” (Brick Maker)
 Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des métiers et des arts by Diderot & d'Alembert 1763
 Recreated Brick Yard
(Colonial Williamsburg)
Recreated Brick Maker forming a Brick in a Wooden Mold
(Colonial Williamsburg)
Recreated Brick Maker forming a Brick in a Wooden Mold
(Colonial Williamsburg)
 Recreated Brick Yard
(Colonial Williamsburg)
 Recreated Brick Yard
(Colonial Williamsburg)
 Recreated Brick Yard
(Colonial Williamsburg)
 Portion of English Brick Containing a Mid 17th Century Pipe to Act as a Temper
Tempers were added to Pots & Other Ceramic Products to Prevent Them From Cracking or Shrinking During Firing
Albion Place
(Museum of London)
 Portion of English Brick Containing an 18th Century Pipe to Act as a Temper
Tempers were added to Pots & Other Ceramic Products to Prevent Them From Cracking or Shrinking During Firing
(London Mudlark)
Laborers Loading a Brick Cart
by George Stubbs 1767
(Philadelphia Museum of Art)
Laborers Loading a Brick Cart
by George Stubbs 1767
(Philadelphia Museum of Art)
Bricklayers
 “Metzelaar”
1605
(The British Museum)
 by Jan van Viet 1635
(The British Museum)
 Old Bricklayer
by Anne Claude Philippe de Tubières, Comte de Caylus after Edme Bouchardon 1737
(Metropolitan Museum of Art)
“THE MACARONI BRICKLAYER, PRIOR to any other Macaroni”
by M. Darly 1772
(Lewis Walpole Library)
 “A Bricklayer”
Late 18th Century
 Bricklayer
Trade Cards
 Trade Card
18th Century
(The British Museum)
 Trade Card
18th Century
(The British Museum)
 Trade Card
1789
(The British Museum)
 Trade Card
18th Century
(The British Museum)
 Trade Card
1791
(The British Museum)
Brick
Laying
 “Architecture, Maconnerie”
 The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert 1763
 “Architecture, Maconnerie”
 The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert 1763
 “Architecture, Maconnerie”
 The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert 1763
 “Architecture, Maconnerie”
 The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert 1763
 “Architecture, Maconnerie”
 The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert 1763
 “Architecture, Maconnerie”
 The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert 1763
 “Architecture, Maconnerie”
 The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert 1763
 “Architecture, Maconnerie”
 The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert 1763
 “Architecture, Maconnerie”
 The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert 1763
 “Architecture, Maconnerie”
 The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert 1763
 “Architecture, Maconnerie”
 The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert 1763
 “Architecture, Maconnerie”
 The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert 1763
 “Architecture, Maconnerie”
 The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert 1763
 “Architecture, Maconnerie”
 The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert 1763
 “Architecture, Maconnerie”
 The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert 1763
 “Architecture, Maconnerie”
 The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert 1763
 “Architecture, Maconnerie”
 The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert 1763
English Bond Bricklaying

Alternating Rows of Bricks that are Laid End to End then Side to Side
(Colonial Williamsburg)
Flemish Bond Bricklaying

Staggered Rows of Bricks that are Laid End to Side

(Colonial Williamsburg)
Trowels
 Masonry Trowel
18th Century
(Fort Ticonderoga)
 Masonry Trowel
c. 1700 - 1820
(Will West Collection)
 Masonry Trowel
c. 1700 - 1820
(Will West Collection)
Plaster
 Trade Card
1788
(The British Museum)
 Trade Card
1788
(The British Museum)
Plaster Molds
French Soapstone Plaster Mold
18th Century
(Jim Bode Antique Tools)
French Soapstone Plaster Mold
18th Century
(Jim Bode Antique Tools)
French Soapstone Plaster Mold
18th Century
(Jim Bode Antique Tools)
French Soapstone Plaster Mold
18th Century
(Jim Bode Antique Tools)
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