Brick with an egg and dart pattern
date: label: Date
content: before 1850
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Owned by
content: Old Slave Mart Museum, American, founded 1937
label: Owned by
content: Acacia Historical Arts International, Inc., American, founded 1989
notes: label: Description
content: A brick with an egg and dart brick pattern from an unknown architectural structure. It is a solid style, terracotta, rectangular brick, hand molded using a press mold. The pattern is on one stretcher side of the brick and is slightly rounded. There are two complete and one partial relief egg motifs framed within ovals. Between are relief darts with curlicues on either side of the darts. The brick is dark reddish brown in color with wear along the edges. There is a significant loss at a corner where the header meets the decorative stretcher. The Old Slave Mart Museum catalog number, [R156], is handwritten in black ink over a small rectangular patch of white paint in a corner of one of a brick’s faces. Cement mortar residue covers most of the other brick face. Salt efflorescence covers most surfaces of the brick.
place: label: Place used
content: South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
label: Place collected
content: South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Architecture
label: Topic
content: Building Arts
label: Topic
content: Skilled labor
label: Topic
content: Slavery
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Buildings and Structures
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2017.108.21.7
objectType: label: Type
content: blocks (shaped masses)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No known copyright restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: brick and cement mortar
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 2 5/16 × 8 1/16 × 4 1/8 in. (5.9 × 20.5 × 10.5 cm)