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Old houses - is not only silent witnesses of bygone eras, but also quite valuable historical material. Even brick shed, already crumbling from disrepair, can enrich its owner. After dismantling the structure unnecessary, you can find something unexpected, you only need to know what to look for.
Buildings made of bricks in Russia began to build in the time of Kievan Rus', namely at the end of the tenth century. A red brick, which can be seen today, is made on the same technology as a thousand years ago. In general, this block of clay that upon firing a distinctive color. Prolonged heating brick becomes very strong, so that the building could stand for centuries.
In XVIII-XIX centuries. Ceramic (red) brick was the major building material in Russia, and its production involved many enterprising people. Brick buildings of old Moscow, Novgorod, Kiev, Minsk, and also other towns and villages of the former Russian Empire still hide many secrets, chief of which is... very bricks.
The process of making red brick - it is very costly, since in addition to procurement of raw materials need a lot of fuel to dry the bricks, as well as working people. Therefore, open brick production could afford only the rich merchants and nobles. Such enterprises were opened throughout the Russian Empire, where it was necessary raw material - clay. The owners of brick factories, as was the custom at the time to mark their products. This is not only a trademark, but also a kind of quality mark.
More often in wet, still adobe put the stamp of 2-3 letters - the initials of the merchant or landlord, owner of the enterprise, for example, the label "Br. F "set in the enterprise Zharenova brothers, located near the town of Uglich, Yaroslavl province. Bricks marked "SP" was performed on the brick Sergei Pyatutnina who has worked in all three operating plant. In the case of abbreviations is not always possible to determine who is actually the manufacturer, since even in Moscow XIX century. It happened involuntary "replays" of brands.
full name of the manufacturer are also found, for example, "Vlasov. Moscow. Taganka "," IP Voronin, "" Prince Golitsyn Permskіy plant. "
«Borowiz Derstern» - the stigma of a brick Enterprise. Borovichi Novgorod province. | Photo: v-smirnov.ru.
In Russia, it is also possible to meet the brick made abroad. Known instances of dozens of different companies, such as «WALBOTTLE» (England), «D.Ch. F. »(Denmark),« GARTCOSH »(Scotland),« KRONA »(Sweden). And in general, in the pre-revolutionary Russian bricks frequent foreign words: TRADE, PATENT, GREAT FIRE, VICTORIA, ASTRA.
Many estates, churches, just old houses, even barns, built over a century ago, can be a source of this treasure. Connoisseurs of vintage bricks redeem especially rare instances, they even sell at online auctions. Experts in conjunction with historians make-regional directories, where several thousand known stamps described. Thus, examining the old brick building built before the Revolution, it is necessary to look carefully under the arm, so as not to miss the good specimen in collection status.
Continuing the theme: Retired became owner chest with a flea market and found find in several times more expensive.
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