Found at Castlecary Fireclay & Lime Works,Castlecary
J H Sankey & Son, Essex Wharf, Canning Town, London.
This may be a Scottish product. A collaboration between Weir Castlecary and Sankey hence the Scotch reference. Please see this link for my reasons – click me .
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Found at the site of the old Etna and Atlas Brick Works, Bathville, West Lothian. Manufacturer unknown but highly likely to be a product of either the Atlas or Etna Brick Works. Found alongside Etna building bricks Atlas and Crater stamped fire bricks. It is very likely that this brickmark is incomplete. It is entirely…
Photographed in Forres, Morayshire by Karen Jane. I am not in possession of this example. Bluebell was a trademark of John G Stein. Stein, Castlecary Fireclay Works, Castlecary, Stirlingshire. Stein, Manuel Firebrick and Refractory Works, Whitecross, Stirlingshire. Stein & Co, Anchor Brickworks, Denny, Stirlingshire. Milnquarter Fireclay & Gannister Works, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. This silica based special…
Many thanks to Cris Pasquali for the following photographs and information. Cris states ” I found these bricks in the Northern part of my city Rosario (Province of Santa Fe) on the coast of the Parana River. From the late nineteenth century to the mid twentieth century, railway, port and industrial activities were developed in…
Found on the Atlas / Etna/ Bathville brickworks sites, Armadale, West Lothian. Unidentified maker. Find location would suggest Scottish origins but…. (SBH – Note – Although I still cannot say 100% who manufactured this brick, I am in no doubt who it was manufactured for – Macbeth Brothers, Agents, Importers and Engineers, Bombay, India.) (SBH…
Found on the site of the Atlas and Etna Brick Works, Bathville. Manufacturer unknown but highly likely to be a product of either the Atlas or Etna Brick Works. Found alongside Etna building bricks Atlas and Crater stamped fire bricks. It is entirely possible that Castillo is the name of an overseas customer. . .
Found by Ron Forster in Gatehouse of Fleet. Castlecary Fireclay & Lime Works, Castlecary, Stirlingshire. . . . .
Found on the old James Dougall site at Bonnyside. Clayknowes Brickworks, Greenhill, Bonnybridge. This version has letters with serifs. I wonder why they makers dropped the ‘K’ and the ‘E’ when stamping the bricks? The stamp maybe STUBAL or SETUBAL. The first and or second letters are not clear. Stubal is a town in Serbia…
This Castlecary brick forms part of a fire place of a house built in 1952 at Rosemere, Quebec, Canada. The photo was kindly forwarded by Nasim Mousavi. Castlecary Fireclay & Lime Works, Castlecary, Stirlingshire. It has actually been placed upside down in the fire place. . . .
This mark was photographed on a fireclay chimney pot in the Glasgow area. I believe it represents the following. Wm Nelson JR – William Nelson Jr, Importer and Wholesaler, New York, USA. W.H & Co, Glasgow – William Hudspith & Co, Fire clay works, Wishaw. Coal masters, Green Colliery Wishaw, Glasgow. Basically, I believe this chimney can…
Found in Airdrie. I believe this to be a product of the Castlecary Fireclay & Lime Works,Castlecary, Stirlingshire. See below for my thoughts. . . . . This FCS stamped brick was found among many similar marks in a pile of bricks in Airdrie. Also in the pile were Glenboig, Rawyards Glasgow and Glentore ( Rawyards)…
