Found Newcraighall, Edinburgh.
Allan & Mann, Port Eglinton, Glasgow.
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Below – The same mark on a shaped brick found in Falkirk.
Below x 2 – The same mark on a shaped brick found by Michael Fallone in the Glasgow area.
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Below – The same mark on a shaped brick. Found by Michael Fallone in Glasgow.
Below – The same mark on a ‘stop’ brick. Found by Michael Fallone in Glasgow.
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Below – The same stamp on a bullnose example. Found by Willie Guthrie on the site of the old Lennox Foundry, Glasgow.
Below – The same stamp on a brick found by Many Morgan in the Glasgow area. Note the brick appears to have been at some point misaligned with the brick stamping machine as part of a stamp appears on the top margin of the brick.
Below – The same stamp on a brick found by Declan McGeough in Glen Forest Park on the edge of West Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Terrence Honore of the Palmiste Historical Society states – It was found at the former Palmiste sugarcane estate at Palmiste San Fernando Trinidad. Site of an old brick bridge for use by trains transporting sugarcane circa the 1800s. Allan & Mann, Port Eglinton, Glasgow Alternative brickworks include: Rutherglen Pottery, Glasgow. Mallsmire Works, Myrtle Park, Crosshill,…
Professor Don Nerbas states – This Allan & Mann brick was discovered on Cape Breton Island by Amanda McNeil. It was found at the end of a sandbar (Dominion Beach) across from Lingan. The London-based General Mining Association operated a coal mine at Lingan from 1854 to the 1880s and shipped coal from Lingan Harbour…
Found on the shore at Maryport, Cumbria. Calsil – possibly an abbreviation for ‘Calcium Silicate’ Unknown manufacturer. . . . The following are references to brick manufacturers using calcium silicate. Below – 12/03/1931 – West Sussex Gazette – Midhurst Brick Company, Midhurst, Sussex. 37s 6d per 1000. 1966 – Construction News – Related news to…
Found by Michael Fallone in Glasgow. Allan & Mann, Port Eglinton, Glasgow. Alternative brickworks include: Rutherglen Pottery, Glasgow. Mallsmire Works, Myrtle Park, Crosshill, Glasgow. . Below – I believe this says 4’6 as opposed to 4 6 Below – Note the groove crossing the width of the brick.
This brick is in the possession of Jimmy Dobson in the USA. It was found in a river in New Hampshire, USA. Allan & Mann, Port Eglinton, Glasgow. Alternative brickworks include: Rutherglen Pottery, Glasgow. Mallsmire Works, Myrtle Park, Crosshill, Glasgow.
Photographed by Hamish Fenton. The brick was located inside the small back window of the Oil Store at Port Stoth, Isle of Lewis. This example is not in my possession. Allan & Mann, Port Eglinton, Glasgow. Alternative brickworks include: Rutherglen Pottery, Glasgow. Mallsmire Works, Myrtle Park, Crosshill, Glasgow.
Brick Works, Waternish, Bay, Isle of Skye Please see this page on my website which relates to Allan and Mann Glasgow bricks being used to construct a lodge at Waternish – click me. A local at Waternish has suggested that the bricks found at the lodge came from a brickworks in ‘Bay’ – Waternish is…
Many thanks to Sandy Sutherland for making me aware of this as it greatly assists dating such brickmarks. The gatehouse was built in c.1864 and the bricks shown are original to the build. Red brick stamped – Allan & Mann Patent Glasgow. Buff brick stamped – Allan & Mann Govan Patent Glasgow. Below – The…
1841 – 1842 – Peter Smith, brick and tile maker, Crosshill. Letters left at 68 King Street, Glasgow. 1849 – 1850 – Peter Smith, brick and tile maker, Crosshill. Letters left at 144 Trongate, Glasgow. 1852 – Peter Smith, brick and tile maker, Crosshill. 1852 – Mrs Peter Smith, brick and tile maker, Crosshill. Below…
This trough is in the possession of June from the Hamilton area. Allan & Mann, Port Eglinton, Glasgow. Alternative brickworks include: Rutherglen Pottery, Glasgow. Mallsmire Works, Myrtle Park, Crosshill, Glasgow. The stamp is to the front face of the trough. .
