The National Museum, Edinburgh are in possession of this broken sanitary ware bearing the following Scottish trademark – Avon, Wm.B. Morrison & Son, Glasgow.
William B Morrison, fire brick maker and manufacturer of fire clay goods, 400 Eglinton Street, Glasgow.
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Many thanks to Debbie Hanson for sending these photographs of an unusual item with a mystery use. This white enamelled fireclay ‘sink’ was manufactured by Shanks & Co Ltd, Barrhead, Scotland sometime after 1898. On the underside, you can see a circle of drain holes. The typical bend which would have surrounded these holes and…
Many thanks to Chris Hawksworth for the following information. I am not in possession of this example. This white enamelled fire clay sink was rescued from a lab at Glasgow University when it was thrown out during a refurbishment. It is stamped Steele Bros with additional hand-scribed marks which may say 16.2.77 (Date of manufacture…
(Note – SBH – I am not convinced this company actually manufactured fireclay goods. They may have been sanitary engineers and merchants. to be clarified). 1886 – William B Morrison, fire brick maker and manufacturer of fire clay goods, 400 Eglinton Street, Glasgow. 04/09/1888 – North British Daily – International Exhibition, William B Morrison, sanitary…
The following photograph was taken by Andy Arthur in the gents loos, Bow Bar, West Bow, Edinburgh. The mark is stamped on a cistern. Steele Bros & Sons Ltd, Niddrie Fire Clay Works, Portobello. . . . .
Found By Tucker Kennedy on the Ayrshire coast. William B Morrison, fire brick maker and manufacturer of fire clay goods, 400 Eglinton Street, Glasgow. . . . . Below – The same stamp on a sink photographed by Robert Reid in the Ayrshire area. . . .
Found by David McGarrigle in Paisley Knock Patent no. 270605, Robert Brown & Son Ltd Paisley A broken section of sanitary ware Robert Brown & Son, Ferguslie Fireclay Works and Caledonian Brick and Tile Works, Paisley. . . 08/10/1987 – The Glasgow Herald – The missing link in Paisley’s toilet chain. Re toilets, it was interesting,…
John Shanks – “The sun never sets on the name Shanks.” Around 1850, a contract to install a bell and clock in the Bourock Church tower in Barrhead was given to the joiner Abraham Bodys. He sub-let the plumber and sheet metal contract to a young Paisley plumber named John Shanks. This appears to have…
The National Museum, Edinburgh are in possession of this broken sanitary ware bearing the following Scottish trademark – Buick Alloa Scotland Buicks, Hilton Fireclay Works, Alloa . .
The National Museum, Edinburgh are in possession of this broken sanitary ware bearing the following Scottish trademark – Shanks and Co. Ltd, Barrhead, Scotland . . . Below – and this same mark but in a different style – Kingston upon Thames. .
This example is housed within the Kirkwall Museum, Orkney The Linn JMS Unidentified maker JMS ? It is believed to be of Scottish manufacture but…. . . .
