At 12:59 PM -0400 6/5/02, Ron May wrote:
>Could the so-called sacrificial brick merely have been resting in
>the kiln when a worker left a wine bottle on it from lunch and the
>heat melted the glass all over the brick?

Actually, I'd like to think something so romantic, but this brick
clearly has overall glazing on both large faces and the glazing
extends into the sides in a perfectly believable way. If I were to
find a brick like this glazed on only one side, I would simply report
that it was standing in the fire channel. But since both faces are
believably channel-facing surfaces, I am looking for a more
convincing way to explain it.  The other bricks in the structure are
clearly face brick, fired to produce a smooth texture and color.

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