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Gartcraig Patent Glasgow

Found by Michael Fallone in the Glasgow area.

Gartcraig Fire Clay Works, By Millerston, Glasgow.

(SBH – Note – There are very slight variations in the position of lines 2 and 3 of text to the top line).

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Below – The same stamp on a shaped brick. Found by Michael Fallone in the Glasgow area.

Below – Virtually, the same stamp and frog found on 3 bricks found by Michael Fallone in the Glasgow area. All three have a groove to the left-hand side of the frog. This groove is on the front and back of the brick. One brick is plain and wider than the other two. One brick has a blue enamelled stretcher face and the other has a white enamelled stretcher face.

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Below – Virtually the same stamp on a bullnose brick. Found by Michael Fallone in the Glasgow area.

Below – The same stamp on a brick on which all sides are salt glazed. Found in Muirhead, Lanarkshire.

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