Found at Waterfoot, East Renfrewshire.
This is an animal feed trough. It also has an interesting stamp on the underside.
Hurlford Fireclay Works, Hurlford, Ayrshire.
Below – J & R. H Ltd – (J & R Howie)
M.K
Made in Britain
Aprobado por A.N.D.A (Note – SBH – I believe this is Spanish – ‘Approved by ANDA’).
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Approved by ANDA could refer to this which appears to be the Costa Rican ‘waterboard’.
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From the National Alliance for the Defense of Water (ANDA), we consider it necessary that the country has a new water law and that the new law can not wait. We have worked tirelessly for more than 10 years to achieve that Costa Rica has a law to protect water resources and is in keeping with the times. That work can not be thrown overboard.
We can not continue with a legal and institutional framework for the management of this precious liquid that does not give effect to that as a nation we need to guarantee the human right of access to water for present and future generations answer.
ANDA also appears to be the ‘waterboard’ for El Salvador
(Note – SBH – Both Costa Rica and El Salvador speak Spanish).
(Note – SBH – A similar stamped sink was found in Uruguay and Colin Rogers comments – “aprobado por A.N.D.A.” means approved by Anda. There is an organization in Uruguay called Anda but it is a kind of mutual benefit society that offers members loans and provides services like rental guarantee etc)
Below – The same ‘Hurlford by Kilmarnock’ stamp on a fire clay sheep dipper seen in the stackyard of an Ayrshire Farm. Thanks to Ian Jones for the photographs.
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Below – A fire clay trough with a ballcock box. Photographed by Colin Steel in the Carlisle area.
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