Found at Carberry Colliery, East Lothian and kindly donated by Nick Basden.
Scotia FW & Co.
The stamp looks like ‘SG’ but it is definitely ‘SC’ – the tail on the ‘C’ is a fault in the brick.
Unidentified maker.
The name is Scottish in appearance but its origins are in doubt.
Although the Scotia trademark is unidentified as yet with regards a manufacturer, I am hoping the FW & Co addition to this stamp may provide an answer as to the maker. (FW & Co could well be the manufacturer but equally, it may be the customer)
Yet again Scotia marked bricks, as per this one, were found alongside another mystery brick marked ‘MAC Brand‘
Possibility – There is a Scotia & Sneyd Green Brick & Marl Co Ltd, Scotia Bank, Tunstall, close to the site of the old Scotia Colliery. This company is listed in the 1907 trade directory.
Link to Tarboats photo of a Scotia & Sneyd Green Brick.
Many thanks to Aysen Demirkurt for the following information. The bricks in the photograph below form a step in the “The Women’s Library and Information Centre” in Istanbul, Turkey. The photograph has been turned on its side so the brick names can be read more easily. They read from top to bottom Scotia – The…
Found in the Philippines. The finder states – We found some Scotia bricks beside and under the old well. The area is an old camp of Japanese soldiers during WW2. (Exact location not given). . . . Below – Scotia bricks – Although the manufacturer of this brick is unknown it is strongly suspected that…
The following Scottish bricks were found by Consuelo Bravo Antúnez in the heart of the Atacama Desert, Chile. The Atacama Desert was a huge source of sodium nitrate (saltpetre) which was mined on a large scale until the early 1940s. The UK imported many many shiploads of the saltpetre and it appears they supplied many…
Vladimir Smirnov writes:- The bricks were found by Eugeny Filinsky in Abkhazia, Gagra city. It is a resort at the coast of the Black Sea. Bricks were found in chimneys and fireplaces during restoration works in the Palace of Duke Alexander Oldenburg (1904). Forth – Roughcastle Firebrick Works, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. Mac Brand – Manufacturer unknown…
Found on the Atlas/Etna/Bathville Brickworks sites, Armadale, West Lothian. Unidentified maker. The find location would suggest Scottish origins and very likely manufactured at the Etna Brickworks but … (SBH – Note – Although I still cannot say 100% who manufactured this brick, I am in no doubt who it was manufactured for – Macbeth Brothers,…
These were found by Joaquin Reyes at an old rice mill here in Imus City, Cavite, Philippines. Joaquin states ” As a background, my great-grandfather established that rice mill sometime between 1929 and 1934. Our family operated it for around sixty-five years before closing it down. The mill was abandoned for a number of years before…
Found by ‘Rig Rat’ on the banks of the Firth of Clyde near Erskine, Glasgow. Unknown maker. Find location and stamp may suggest Scottish origins but … (Note – SBH – This ‘Celtic‘ brick was found at High Bonnybridge in a pile of brick debris, all from the Bonnybridge Silica and Fire Clay Company so…
The following Scottish bricks were photographed at the Andromeda Botanic Gardens in Barbados by Barney Corrigan. . . . . . Below – Mac Brand – Believed to be Scottish but not confirmed. Below – Starworks, Glenboig. Below – Gartcraig. Below – DB 7232 Karrena 611 / 10A AW – Dykehead Fire Brick Works, Bonnybridge…
The following Scottish bricks were found by Igor Tarasov in Vladivostok, Russia. The bricks were found in ruined furnaces which formed part of the Soviet Army barracks in Vladivostok. Firebricks stamped ‘Boghead’ and ‘Scotia’ and a building brick marked ‘Mac Brand’ The manufacturing origins of the Scotia and Mac Brand are not confirmed but I believe…
Once again thank you to Cris Pasquali for informing me of the latest Scottish brick fins as a result of the ongoing “Proyecto La Forestal y sus pueblos” These latest bricks were unearthed at a factory at Villa Guillermina, Argentina. MAC Brand (Presumed Scottish) Brown Paisley – Robert Brown & Son, Ferguslie Fireclay Works and…
