Found Firth of Clyde, Port Glasgow.
Believed to be manufactured at Govan Colliery Brickworks, Polmadie, Glasgow.
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Many thanks to Robert Clark for the following photographs and information regarding Scottish bricks found in the Ottawa area of Canada. Below – Govan – This is very likely to be Scottish and manufactured at a works in Govan, Glasgow. The exact works are unknown as there are several possibilities including Mallsmire Fire Brick Works,…
Found at the site of the Calder Ironworks, Coatbridge. Carfin Brickworks, Motherwell, Lanarkshire Alternative brickworks include: Garturk Brickworks, Calder, Coatbridge, Lanarkshire. Govan Brickworks, Glasgow. Below – Note the frog shape with the ‘eyelid’ to the front. The rear is ‘normal’ in appearance. Below – This same stamp was found at the same location along with…
Govan Colliery Brickworks, Polmadie, Glasgow. Below – 1893 – Fire Brick Works, Govan (top left of map). (Note SBH – I am uncertain if these fire brick works were associated with the Govan Colliery or whether they were independent works with another name?). c.1899 – c.1938 – The 1985 publication ‘A survey of Scottish brickmarks’…
Found at Pilmuir Mill House, Newton Mearns. Believed to be manufactured at Govan Colliery Brickworks, Polmadie, Glasgow. . . . .
Found Barrhead, Glasgow. Believed to be manufactured at Govan Colliery Brickworks, Polmadie, Glasgow. . . . . Below – A similar stamp but on a much wider brick. However, the stamp is more central to the stamp plate and the upper line of text is slightly off centre from the lower line of text. Found…
Overseas stockists for Scottish bricks – export and import. . . . . Below – 16/10/1844 – New York Daily Tribune – Scotch firebricks for sale – Sherman Atwater & Co, 30 Broad Street, New York. Below – 09/12/1855 – The Age Newspaper – Melbourne, Australia – Scotch – Scottish hearths – Huxley and Parkers…
Found in Rutherglen and kindly donated by Sandra MacLeod. This example has a narrower and deeper frog than my other Dixon G. (Could be Dixon C). Carfin Brickworks, Motherwell, Lanarkshire Alternative brickworks include: Garturk Brickworks, Calder, Coatbridge, Lanarkshire. Govan Brickworks, Glasgow. 1 Dixon Street, Glasgow So far only 2 different letters have been found associated…
Found by Tam Moffet in Fife. Carfin Brickworks, Motherwell, Lanarkshire Alternative brickworks include: Garturk Brickworks, Calder, Coatbridge, Lanarkshire. Govan Brickworks, Glasgow. 1 Dixon Street, Glasgow So far only 2 different letters have been found associated with the Dixon stamp. ‘G’ and ‘A’. It is suspected that the ‘G’ stands for the Garturk Brickworks and ‘A’…
Found by Eddie Mclean in the Glasgow area. Carfin Brickworks, Motherwell, Lanarkshire. Alternative brickworks include: Garturk Brickworks, Calder, Coatbridge, Lanarkshire. Govan Brickworks, Glasgow. 1 Dixon Street, Glasgow So far only 2 different letters have been found associated with the Dixon stamp. ‘G’ and ‘A’. It is suspected that the ‘G’ stands for the Garturk Brickworks…
Found at Glengarnock Iron Works, Beith. Note the reversed ‘N’. Carfin Brickworks, Motherwell, Lanarkshire Alternative brickworks include: Garturk Brickworks, Calder, Coatbridge, Lanarkshire. Govan Brickworks, Glasgow. 1 Dixon Street, Glasgow .
