Antique Red Clay PRAY Brick, Robert E. Pray and Co., Greenfield MA drawing of horse was surely based on an

was surely based on an image of Native Canadian kayaker in parka and seal skin kayak with fishing spear held overhead

These four are from a larger group of 19th c

deep emerald green

and a total joy to grip

Found along with a large soft cotton khaki scarf/kerchief

Antique Red Clay PRAY Brick, Robert E. Pray and Co., Greenfield MA drawing of horse was surely based on anThis PRAY brick is the companion piece (in my mind) to the plaster Lady Victory mold I am posting today! These bricks were produced by Robert E. Pray and Co. of Greenfield, MA, founded in the 1840s and I believe in operation into the 1920s or so, with this red clay brick dating the late 19th early 20th c. I think. An excellent found object I'd say, with terrific font for the lettering, too, and which I like all the better for all of its irregularities