Robert Brown Paisley bricks found in the USA
Found by Ben Akey in the USA.
Ben states – Thank you for your wonderful website! I have had the occasion to use it several times on various archaeological projects, mostly in western North America.
I wanted to share a few examples of brick from Robert Brown’s operations from Paisley that I’ve found. Interestingly, the two examples featured were recovered 700 miles away from one another (a rather paltry difference compared to import from Scotland, I suppose).
One was located years ago at former location of the Samuel Adams Lime Kiln in Santa Cruz, CA (late 19th – early 20th century), and the other was recovered more recently from the Japanese American neighborhood of Walville, Washington, a sawmill town (1898-1931). It looked familiar, but wasn’t until I went through photos later and checked your website that I made the connection! Seems to track with previous examples you’ve had submitted from California and Washington with these marks.
The photo outside on the trail is from Santa Cruz, the photo taken in the lab was from Walville, Washington.
Ben Akey – PhD Candidate. Michigan State University Dept. of Anthropology
Robert Brown & Son, Ferguslie Fireclay Works and Caledonian Brick and Tile Works, Paisley.

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