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Hi Mary-
I'm just back from vacation and sorting through my 300+ emails...
Can you send me the pictures? I think that you've very likely got
tiles from a portable forge. They are pretty common on farms and
ranches in the 19th century- you've undoubtedly seen them around.
There is a small hand crank that runs a fan to blast the air into the
coke in the pan, which a smith or worker can crank when resting the
shoe in the fire.
Cheers,
T
Timothy Scarlett
Assistant Professor of Archaeology
Department of Social Sciences
Michigan Technological University
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On Aug 4, 2006, at 2:57 PM, Mary C. Beaudry wrote:
> Hello, listmembers,
>
> I'm writing to ask if anyone out there is familiar with fire-proof or
> heat-resistant firebrick or cementitious tiles. We recently
> excavated what
> might be a fragment of a stove liner or part of a stove pad from
> deposits
> associated with the demolition of a 19th-century barn, used as a
> stables in
> the early 20th century (we are unsure of demo date).
>
> On one side (its face?) is imprinted the legend
>
> NO. 4 [ ]
> STEWART
> RIGHT•BAC
>
> There is evidence of heat exposure in the form of reddening on this
> surface;
> the other side has parallel projections, or grooves, depending on
> how you
> look at it, that would have helped in securing the tile or whatever
> it is to
> whatever it was supposed to be attached to. I wondered if perhaps
> this
> might have something to do with some sort of small stove for heating a
> stables or small forge for a blacksmith to heat horseshoes?
> Probably way
> out to lunch ideas but the best I've come up with so far.
>
> I have high-res images of this beauty if anyone would like to have
> a proper
> look at it from 3 angles. Email me if you want a look-see. Any
> assistance
> greatly appreciated.
>
> Bests to all,
> Mary B.
>
> --
> Mary C. Beaudry, PhD, RPA, FSA
> Professor of Archaeology & Anthropology
> Department of Archaeology
> Boston University
> 675 Commonwealth Avenue
> Boston, MA 02215-1406
>
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