James Connealy said...
I found a D'HANIS brick that has the "N" printed backwards and under the name is a plus sign inside a circle that has what looks like feet on the circle. I have other D'HANIS bricks but this the only one with the peculiar mark on it. What is the mark for?
June 5, 2009 3:12 PM
Hi James,
ReplyDeleteThat symbol you are referring to is ... I say, a rope going thru a pulley. It was the symbol of the Common Brick Manufacturers Association. The CBMA was a trade organization whose membership included brick manufacturers from all over the country. I don't mean to imply ALL brick manufacturers were members. One , we know, and for reasons unknown, chisled the symbol out of his molds, then used the molds to make more brick.. - Fred Rieck