Found in Alloa.
Alloa Brick & Tile Works, Alloa, Clackmannanshire.
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Found by Ian Suddaby at the Manuel Works, Whitecross. This example is not in my possession. The manufacturer is unknown but it is highly likely this was manufactured by Alexander Bald at the Alloa Brick & Tile Works, Alloa, Clackmannanshire. The scalloped corners of the frog and the size and style of the lettering all…
Found in the Tillicoultry area. This example is not in my possession. A section of enamelled garden edging with a shell design. W R & J Carmichael, Alloa Brick and Tile Works, Alloa. . . .
Found by Alan Robertson and Nikki Seats in the Alloa area. This is a large special. It is broken on the left-hand side as you see it here. The top edge is ‘stepped’ for the full length of the brick. Alloa Brick and Tile Works, Alloa, Clackmannanshire. . . .
The exact location of these brickworks is uncertain but it is believed to have been on the banks of the Firth of Forth near to the Alloa/ Craigward Brick and Tile Works. See below. Below – 1825 – Alloa Brickworks. Alexander Bald. So there are references to 2 x brickworks and a Tyle Work. From…
Many thanks to Vladimir Smirnov for the following information. This brick was found in St Petersburg, Russia by Georgiy. This Bald brick should be manufactured by Alexander Bald, Alloa Brick & Tile Works, Alloa, Clackmannanshire. All known bricks marked BALD, are accompanied by the initial ‘A’ – A. BALD. The top line has 3 Russian Cyrillic…
Found Alloa. Alloa Brick & Tile Works, Alloa, Clackmannanshire Note the frog corners are scalloped. . . .
This ‘A Bald Alloa’ brick is believed to have been found by Martin, in New South Wales, Australia. – source Alloa Brick & Tile Works, Alloa, Clackmannanshire. . . . .
Found by Dr.-Ing. Ralph Bodenstein, Koordination Archaeological Heritage Network (ArcHerNet) – Präsidialbereich, Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Podbielskiallee 69-71, 14195 Berlin. Dr Bodenstein states – “I have found bricks bearing the stamp “A. BALD, ALLOA” in Cairo, Egypt. They were used to line the interior of the smokestack of the historical (and now completely derelict) gun foundry at the Cairo Citadel. I found…
Found by Gordon Wyle in Alva, Stirlingshire. Alloa Brick & Tile Works, Alloa, Clackmannanshire . . . . Below – Basically the same stamp but the top and bottom lines of text align slightly differently to each other plus it is stamped at an angle.. Below – The same stamp but the letters are slightly…
01/01/1824 – The Scots Magazine – Glasgow – There have been a great many additions built to the old cotton mills in Glasgow this summer besides the new ones erected in various parts of the city. One of the mills is calculated to cost £40,000. This has been altogether an unprecedented year of building. Masons,…
