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Talkin Brick In Scrafito - 5/13/2007 4:48:42 AM    zanes_antiques Posts: 2027 Joined: 9/3/2006 From: Steubenville, Ohio Status: offline    Here's a Scrafito Brick marked "Aquilla". My Buddy saved it from an early "bake oven" He dismantled and reassembled. he gave me one of them also but I can't seem to find it. Attachment (1) _____________________________ I buy, sell, barter, and beg....Zane Post #: 1

RE: Talkin Brick In Scrafito - 5/13/2007 8:33:50 AM    marjorie040 Posts: 371 Joined: 12/3/2006 Status: offline Hi Zane, I'm just learning about bottles and haven't started on bricks yet.....can you fill me in on this one? What is a Scrafito brick and the meaning of  "Aquilla" Regards, _____________________________ marjorie040 McClellanville, sc (in reply to zanes_antiques) Post #: 2

RE: Talkin Brick In Scrafito - 5/13/2007 11:37:44 AM    zanes_antiques Posts: 2027 Joined: 9/3/2006 From: Steubenville, Ohio Status: offline    "Scrafito" is a term often associated with incised stoneware. it's when they wrote the info with a pointed stick while the clay was still wet. That's the way I've seen the term used over the years. I believe "Aquilla" was the brickmaker. The later "Talking Bricks" were usually embossed or debossed with the makers names. There are also bricks with "Touch-Marks"( symbols denoting who made them ) on them and numbered bricks which I believe were to denote what batch they were made in.   The "Aquilla" is from around 1820 or so and the one I'm posting now is debossed and from around 1855 or so. Attachment (1) < Message edited by zanes_antiques -- 5/13/2007 11:42:41 AM > _____________________________ I buy, sell, barter, and beg....Zane (in reply to marjorie040) Post #: 3

RE: Talkin Brick In Scrafito - 5/13/2007 12:40:32 PM    marjorie040 Posts: 371 Joined: 12/3/2006 Status: offline Very cool, Zane! Thank you for the information. You have a very wide range of knowledge! Regards, _____________________________ marjorie040 McClellanville, sc (in reply to zanes_antiques) Post #: 4

RE: Talkin Brick In Scrafito - 5/13/2007 1:07:33 PM    zanes_antiques Posts: 2027 Joined: 9/3/2006 From: Steubenville, Ohio Status: offline Thanks Marge,   I've been into the old stuff my whole life, thanks to my parents. My dad has been dealing in antiques since 1964 or so. When are we going to see some more great finds from you? _____________________________ I buy, sell, barter, and beg....Zane (in reply to marjorie040) Post #: 5

RE: Talkin Brick In Scrafito - 5/13/2007 1:50:15 PM    capsoda Posts: 7863 Joined: 11/15/2005 From: Seminole,Alabama, USA Status: offline WoW Zane!!! That is a great hand scribed brick dude. There have only been a few of that type dug around here. _____________________________ Warren Diggin down in Dixie, USA Work is for people who don't dig bottles President, Panhandle Cruisers http://www.panhandlecruisers.org/ (in reply to zanes_antiques) Post #: 6

RE: Talkin Brick In Scrafito - 5/13/2007 5:00:27 PM    zanes_antiques Posts: 2027 Joined: 9/3/2006 From: Steubenville, Ohio Status: offline thanks Cap _____________________________ I buy, sell, barter, and beg....Zane (in reply to capsoda) Post #: 7

RE: Talkin Brick In Scrafito - 5/13/2007 5:58:56 PM    tncgal Posts: 255 Joined: 8/10/2005 From: east TN Status: offline Sgraffito means 'to scratch'.  It's used in ceramics (all clay products) to scratch thru the surface, glaze or an outer layer, to expose a different color underneath.  I didn't realize that the same technique would apply to bricks. _____________________________ ~ tncgal ~ (in reply to zanes_antiques) Post #: 8

RE: Talkin Brick In Scrafito - 5/13/2007 7:25:02 PM    zanes_antiques Posts: 2027 Joined: 9/3/2006 From: Steubenville, Ohio Status: offline It appeared to be a better term than debossed to use in this situation. _____________________________ I buy, sell, barter, and beg....Zane (in reply to tncgal) Post #: 9

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