Gartcraig bricks found in Maine, USA
— 24/08/2020This example was found by Sam Persons in New Sweden, Main, USA. They were buried under some very old crumbling concrete in the woods. Gartcraig Fire Clay Works, By Millerston, Glasgow. . . .
?Savage
Found on the Firth of Clyde, Glasgow.
This appears to be a firebrick and there are possible missing letters prior to the ‘savage’.
There was a company called Savage and Williams in Birmingham making bricks but I believe these were building bricks.
This brick is possibly from further afield and possibly a product of the Mount Savage Fire Clay Works, Maryland, USA.
Company history.
They marked some of their bricks ‘Mount Savage’ which would probably fit the missing letters of this brick.
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