Found Bo’ness.
Could be B4 or 34 – 389 over a lazy ‘E’ lying on its back.
Unidentified maker.
The find location would suggest Scottish origins but …
However, 1931 – List of distinctive marks, trade names and trademarks appearing on bricks, tiles, stone and sanitary ware states – trademark ‘E’ lying on its back is a product of the Eglinton Silica Brick Co Ltd. (Note – SBH – This is a possibility with regards to the manufacturer).
A substantial collection of silica fire bricks from steel making furnaces have now been recovered from the site of the old Ravenscraig Steelworks, Motherwell, North Lanarkshire. All predate the Ravenscraig works by around 50 years. Cartographic evidence shows that spoil from the Dalzell Iron & Steel Works and possibly other nearby works were being dumped…
A stretcher stamped, silica brick was found in debris on the site of the old Ravenscraig Steelworks, Motherwell. The Eglinton Silica Brick Company Limited, Dundyvan, Coatbridge. . . . . Below – Ian Suddaby points out that some of these stretcher stamped Eglinton bricks appear to have a purple hue about them. This is not…
Found at Gartliston Works, Glenboig. Believed to have been manufactured by Eglinton Silica bricks – Scotch Steel Makers – patent chrome ore bricks and patent alumina bricks – The Eglinton Chemical Company, 27 St Vincent Street, Glasgow. Note – The ‘S’ of Scotch is slightly larger than the other letters. . .
Found in the Wemyss area of Fife. Note the thumbprint to the top right. Unknown maker. Find location and stamp may suggest Scottish origins but … The 2 most likely Scottish makers are Bonnybridge Silica and Fireclay Co Ltd, Bonnybridge and the Eglinton Silica Brick Co. Ltd, Dundyvan, Coatbridge However, this reference is also a…
Found at Gartliston Works, Glenboig. Believed to be manufactured either by Eglinton Silica Brick Company or Peter and Mark Hurll, Gartliston and Garnqueen Fire Clay Works, Glenboig. (Note – SBH – This is a link to some theories regarding the origins of the ‘Martin’ stamp – click me). .
Found at Gartliston Works, Glenboig. Believed to be manufactured either by Eglinton Silica Brick Company or Peter and Mark Hurll, Gartliston and Garnqueen Fire Clay Works, Glenboig. (Note – SBH – This is a link to some theories regarding the origins of the ‘Martin’ stamp – click me). .
Found by Tucker Kennedy at Ardeer, Ayrshire. Eglinton Fire Clay Works, Eglinton. or The Eglinton Silica Brick Company Limited, Dundyvan, Coatbridge. or Eglinton Iron Fireclay Works, Eglinton.
Found by Jocelyn Decoste in Montreal, Canada. Jocelyn states ” I found it myself at my home in Cartierville, Montreal, Canada. The brick was in the backyard under the balcony with other extra brick from the house, which was built in 1949. Cartierville was part of the village of Saint-Laurent on the island of Montreal…
Shawsrigg Fireclay and Enamelling Company, Larkhall, North Lanarkshire. See also Southhook Fireclay Works, Dreghorn, Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire. See also Bonnyton Fire Clay Works, Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire. Shawsrigg or Shawrigg. Shawrigg Fire Clay and Enamelling Co., Ltd – The company was incorporated in 1895 to continue the business carried on by William Hunter at Jamaica Street,…
Found at the Gartliston Works, Glenboig. Believed to be manufactured either by Eglinton Silica Brick Company or Peter and Mark Hurll, Gartliston and Garnqueen Fire Clay Works, Glenboig. (Note – SBH – This is a link to some theories regarding the origins of the ‘Martin’ stamp – click me). .
