Context (Related Documents)
The catalogue card has the following entries: 'House in Bridge Street.... dated 1596 (double headed eagle)' and 'Pottery store room'.
Event Date
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
2 tiles, in a wooden case. Fire bricks.
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Found together / assemblage)
Based on the note attached to the back of this display case, these bricks were likely found with D 1889.5.1-5 and with Z 28128 A.
Event Date 1868
Author: Sophie Wardle

Context (Field collection)
Found: House in Bridge Street.
Event Date 1868
Author: Sophie Wardle

Description (Labels & Markings)
Handwritten label on reverse of box reads: 'Diagram of the centre tablet found in the [?fireplace] at Bridge Street Cambridge surround[?ed] by bricks of which these are bad specimens taken by M R Pryor. 1868. [dated] 7/6/[18]87'. A sketch, likely of D 1889.5.1, accompanies this.
Event Date 7/6/1887
Author: Sophie Wardle

Description (Physical description)
Two rectangular fire bricks of red fabric encased in a wooden display box held together by iron staples. Both bricks have raised borders enclosing biblical scenes or figures. The first (left, A) likely shows a scene of punishment (death by stoning) from the story of Susanna (Book of Daniel). At far left and right, male figures hold stones aloft; at centre, two bearded men (elders) kneel, their hands together, either in prayer or cuffed; to their right is a tree and a basket of stones. Badly worn, with damage at bottom left and upper right corners. The second brick (right, B) shows a man, seated and holding a stylus, surrounded by trees and accompanied by a horned animal, probably either a bull or an ox. This likely depicts Luke the Evangelist. Worn, with damage at bottom left corner. Signs of written labels once attached to front of display case, now lost.
Event Date 11/1/2024
Author: Sophie Wardle

Context (Analysis)
Compare D 1889.5.4 and Z 28128 A.1.
Event Date 11/1/2024
Author: Sophie Wardle