Many thanks to Alun Hughers for sending this photo of Scottish bricks he saw in Hunte’s Garden, Barbados.
Thistle brick –
Calder brick –
Hepworth Ceramic Holdings plc (GR-Stein Refractories Ltd. parent co) bought the Bonnybridge Silica & Fireclay Co. Ltd in 1972, closed Bonnybridge works in 1973 and closed Chapelhall in 1980. Therefore between 1972 and 1980, GR-Stein Refractories probably continued to manufacture bricks with this trademark for a time.
Below – The following photos were taken at the same location by David Canavan. ‘Calder’, ‘Calder L’, ‘Hurll’, ‘Bonnybridge Brand’, ‘Stein’, ‘Etna’ and ‘Gartcraig Scotland’.
.
.
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…
Found by Fred Kaesmacher on St Kitts. Fred states – I was rummaging through a recycling yard that stands on the site of an old sugar factory (S.S.M.C., Saint Kitts Sugar Manufacturing Corporation) in St.Kitts (Saint Christopher and Nevis) and came across this brick on the ground. I know that the site had a large…
Many thanks to Katelyn Lindberg. Katelyn states – I recently visited Fort Point, San Francisco, USA and saw some “Garnkirk” bricks in the fireplaces. Garnkirk Fireclay Works, Garnkirk, Lanarkshire. . . . .
Found by Harry Van Royen and others. Harry states – We found during an excavation of a former tide mill on the border between Niel and Boom, this Dougall brick. It was found near the place of the former steam engine. These bricks could have been imported on behalf of the ICGA, a London based…
Found by Ian Suddany on the site of the old Manuel Brickworks, Whitecross. This example is not in my possession. The stamp should read ‘Nettle’ but the ‘L’ is missing. Stein, Castlecary Fireclay Works, Castlecary, Stirlingshire. Stein, Manuel Firebrick and Refractory Works, Whitecross, Stirlingshire. Stein & Co, Anchor Brickworks, Denny, Stirlingshire. Milnquarter Fireclay & Gannister…
Found by Barry Campbell on the south shore of English Bay near Kitslano, Vancouver, Canada. Boghead Fireclay Works, Bathgate, West Lothian. . . . .
Found by Vladimir Smirnov in St Petersburg, Russia. Prestongrange Brick, Tile and Fireclay Works, Prestonpans, East Lothian. . . . Below – P G = Preston Grange
This brick was found on a beach in Ottawa, Canada. (Finder wished to remain anonymous online). Garnqueen Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire Alternative brickworks include: Gartliston Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire. Building bricks at Garscadden Works, Drumchapel. .
Many thanks to Artem Pogribnyy for the following information and his very generous donation of the brick. Artem states – The ‘A Glenboig’ brick was found in the village of Budy near Kharkov there was a very large factory of Kuznetsov for the production of faience ware. In the neighbouring Yekaterinoslav province, Kuznetsov had another…
Found by Jeannie Davis at an old tannery in Nova Scotia, Canada. Garnkirk Fireclay Works, Garnkirk, Lanarkshire. . . . . .
