Ornamental brick fragment from the Chattahoochee Brick Company

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A terracotta colored brick fragment from the Chattahoochee Brick Company. The fragment displays a partial ornamental molded design on one face. The visible portion of the design consists of a nearly complete molded circlular ring, surrounded by two partial circles on one side. The fragment matches a Chattahoochee Brick Company catalogue for an ornamental brick design "No. 45" consisting of one circular ring surrounded by four half circle rings to form a geometric floral motif, with two "flowers" per brick.

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