The following article is based on the Scottish bricks found by Vladimir Smirnov in and around his home in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Vladimir has managed to collect a fascinating collection of Scottish bricks and bizarrely, a good few of them appear to have never surfaced, as yet, in their Country of origin.
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Below – Youngs and Young – Heathfield Fireclay Works, Heathfield, Lanarkshire.
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Below – Newton – likely to be Newton Brickworks, Blantyre, Lanarkshire.
Below – Fire Clay Works Heathfield (although brickmark is not clear) – Heathfield Fireclay Works, Heathfield, Lanarkshire.
Below – Glenyards – Glenyards Fireclay Works, Glenyards, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire.
Below – Glenboig – Glenboig Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire.
Below – JD Starworks Glenboig – Glenboig Star Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire.
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Below – Fire Brick Works Gartliston – Gartliston Brickworks, Glenboig.
Below – Gartcosh – Gartcosh Fireclay Works, Garnkirk, Lanarkshire.
Below – Garnkirk Warranted/Garnkirk – Patent on reverse/Garnkirk – Garnkirk Fireclay Works, Lanarkshire.
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Below – Edmonstone Patent – Edmonstone Brickworks, Millerhill, Edinburgh
Below – Dougall – Dougall’s Brickworks, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire.
Below – Clackmannan 1872 – Clackmannan Brick and Tile Works, Clackmannan.
Below – Castlecary – Castlecary Fireclay & Lime Works, Kilsyth, Stirlingshire.
Below – Patrick & Brownlie Crown Brand – Patrick & Brownlie, Crown Fireclay Works, Glasgow.
Below – Bonnyrigg Patent – Maker not confirmed but believed to be Eldin Colliery Company or Lothian Coal Company.
Below – Bonnybridge Brand – Bonnybridge Silica & Fireclay Co Ltd, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire.
Below – Bonnybridge – Bonnybridge Silica & Fireclay Co Ltd, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire.
Below – Atlas – Atlas Brickworks, Bathville, Armadale, West Lothian.
Below – Arniston – Arniston Coal Lime & Brickworks, Gorebridge, Midlothian.
Below – Alloa and A Bald, Alloa x 2.
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Below – Cumbernauld
Below – Morningside Altos
Below – Fordell – Fordel Brick and Tile Works, St Davids Harbour, Fifeshire.
Bute – This is not a Scottish produced brick but I have included it for interest’s sake. Produced at the Bute Colliery Brickworks at High Spen in the Derwent Valley, these firebricks are often assumed to be of Scottish manufacture. Garesfield Collieries, the original owners of the pit, were firmly a Tyneside based concern, the Scottish connection being that the Mineral Rights were owned by the Marquis of Bute, the bricks were therefore named accordingly, and helped differentiate the products of their various operations
Julkia Rizzi states this Thistle brick was photographed as part of a coal-burning fireplace in a house in Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada. Stein, Castlecary Fireclay Works, Castlecary, Stirlingshire. Stein, Manuel Firebrick and Refractory Works, Whitecross, Stirlingshire. Stein & Co, Anchor Brickworks, Denny, Stirlingshire. Milnquarter Fireclay & Gannister Works, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire . .
Found by Sævar Gardarsson in an old house in Reykjavik, Iceland that was built in 1920. Prestongrange Brick and Tile Works, Prestonpans, East Lothian. . . .
Brian Tarbuck states this brick was found in Augusta, Maine, USA while replacing a water pipe. Allan & Mann, Port Eglinton, Glasgow Alternative brickworks include: Rutherglen Pottery, Glasgow. Mallsmire Works, Myrtle Park, Crosshill, Glasgow. ,
Found by John Barnard at Fitzroy, Falkland Islands. Stein, Castlecary Fireclay Works, Castlecary, Stirlingshire. Stein, Manuel Firebrick and Refractory Works, Whitecross, Stirlingshire. Stein & Co, Anchor Brickworks, Denny, Stirlingshire. Milnquarter Fireclay & Gannister Works, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire .
Many thanks to Vladimir Smirnov for highlighting this brick to me which was found in the vicinity of the St. Petersburg Region, Gatchina Region, Russia by a brick collector, Alexander Korolev. It was discovered the stove of a private house. Stein, Castlecary Fireclay Works, Castlecary, Stirlingshire. Stein, Manuel Firebrick and Refractory Works, Whitecross, Stirlingshire. Stein &…
Found by Eddie McLean in the Glasgow area. Note the thumbprint to the bottom left. Heathfield Fireclay Works, Garnkirk. . . .
Found by Glyn Harrison at an unknown location in New Zealand. This example is not in my possession. Douglas Fireclay Works, Dalry, Ayrshire. The reference to Bigelow on this special undoubtedly refers to the Bigelow Arch Company of Detroit, USA. Bigelow-Liptak Corporation was originally incorporated in 1927 with the merger of the Bigelow Arch Company of…
Found by Eddie McLean in the Glasgow area. Glenboig Union Fireclay Company, Glenboig, Lanarkshire. Alternative brickworks include: Glenboig Star Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire. Glenboig Fireclay Works, (Old Works) Glenboig, Lanarkshire .
Found in the Alloa area. Glenboig Union Fireclay Company, Glenboig, Lanarkshire. Alternative brickworks include: Glenboig Star Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire. Glenboig Fireclay Works, (Old Works) Glenboig, Lanarkshire .
Found by Eddie McLean in the Glasgow area. Heathfield Fireclay Works, Garnkirk. Note the thumbprint to the top right. . . .
