Object Record
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Metadata
Object ID # |
2015.035.052 |
Object Name |
Brick, Building |
Title |
Meaford-made Scott Brick |
Credit line |
Donated by the Stanley Knight Heritage Society |
Date |
pre-1900 |
Made |
Scott Brickyard (Meaford) |
Place of Origin |
Meaford, Municipality of Meaford, Grey County |
Description |
A light red clay brick. The angled rectangular frog area (top) has SCOTT is emboss-style lettering. |
Provenance |
Manufactured likely prior to 1900 by the Scott brickyard at Meaford, Grey County. It was salvaged from a building (not known now which one). James Marcellus Scott, and his brother, John Scott, began a brickyard there c. 1878. It is unknown in which structure the brick was used, or when it was salvaged. Collected by the Stanley Knight Heritage Society, and kept at the Stanley Knight Ltd. factory building at 226 Boucher Street East, Meaford, until 2015. It is one of three Scott bricks that were collected by the Stanley Knight Heritage Society. |
Collection |
Architectural Items Collection |
Material |
Clay |
Dimensions |
H-2.559 W-8.701 L-4.173 inches |
Found |
Meaford, Municipality of Meaford, Grey County |
People |
Scott, James Marcellus |
Subjects |
Bricks Brickwork Brick industry |
Search Terms |
Meaford Meaford Industries & Products Scott Brickyard |
Function |
A building brick that was manufactured at the Scott brickyard at Meaford, Grey County, prior to 1900. |