Found by Michael Fallone in the Glasgow area.
This is a curved or circle brick and the 7 will denote the degree of curve or angle.
William Wilson & Son, Brick maker and builder, Eglinton Street and Pollokshaw Road, Glasgow.
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Found in the base structure of a former glasshouse in the walled garden of Westport House, Co. Mayo, Ireland. Photographed by Susan Roundtree. William Wilson & Son, Brick maker and builder, Eglinton Street and Pollokshaw Road, Glasgow. . . .
Found by Michael Fallone in the Glasgow area. William Wilson & Son, Brick maker and builder, Eglinton Street and Pollokshaw Road, Glasgow. This is a circle brick and the 5 will reference the angle of curve on the brick ( and therefore how many will make up a circle – chimney stalk ) . ….
The following photos were kindly supplied by Tony Bedassie who found these bricks on a beach in Trinidad. Etna, Patent R.Brown Paisley, Gartcraig Patent Glasgow, Patent Wilson & Son Glasgow, Glenboig, Gartcosh, Allan & Man Govan Patent Glasgow, Atlas and possibly Coltness. Etna Brickworks, Armadale, West Lothian. Alternative brickworks include: West Works, Armadale, West Lothian….
Found by Robert Bain from West Dunbartonshire. Find location unknown. William Wilson & Son, Brick maker and builder, Eglinton Street and Pollokshaw Road, Glasgow. This is a circle brick and the 3 will reference the angle of curve on the brick ( and therefore how many will make up a circle – chimney stalk) ….
Photograph and information have been forwarded by Graeme Toll. William Wilson & Son, Brick maker and builder, Eglinton Street and Pollokshaw Road, Glasgow The brick was recovered from a small area between 2 floors during renovation work in 2013 from a building in Bourke Street, Melbourne, Australia. An architect on site believed the brick may…
Found in Banknock, Bonnybridge William Wilson & Son, Brick maker and builder, Eglinton Street and Pollokshaw Road, Glasgow . . . .
Many thanks to Graeme Cruickshank who gave me details of the 1869 – 1870 entry below which tied in and confirmed that William Wilson & Son was the same William Wilson who operated out of the Campbellfield Brickworks and pottery. William Wilson, Brick and Tile Maker, Campbellfield, Glasgow. 1825 – William Wilson, Brick and Tile…
Found at Saint Jude’s Church, Blankenburg, West Coast Demerara, Guyana. Photo submitted by The Rev. Canon Thurston Riehl. Patent Wilson & Son Glasgow. William Wilson & Son, Brick maker and builder, Eglinton Street and Pollokshaw Road, Glasgow. . .
Found in Renfrew on the site of the demolished Renfield Mansion. William Wilson & Son, Brick maker and builder, Eglinton Street and Pollokshaw Road, Glasgow. . . . . Below – The same mark but in red clay. Found by Bill Speirs in the Kilbarchan area. Below – The same stamp on a bullnose version….
Found by Philip Dikland in the ruins of the main house of the Alliance Sugar Plantation, Suriname, South America. This example is not in my possession Wm. Wilson & Son, brickmakers and builders, brickworks, Muirhouses, Eglinton St. and Craigpark, Victoria Road; Office, 652 Eglinton Street. . . .
