Shanks & Co Ltd, Patentees Victorian Pottery Barrhead
— 30/09/2020Many thanks to Debbie Hanson for sending these photographs of an unusual item with a mystery use. This
Read moreMany thanks to Debbie Hanson for sending these photographs of an unusual item with a mystery use. This
Read moreThe company was formed and held mineral leases, including fireclay at Stand and Raebog, New Monkland
Read moreJohn Shanks – “The sun never sets on the name Shanks.” Around 1850, a contract to
Read moreThe National Museum, Edinburgh are in possession of this broken sanitary ware bearing the following
Read moreShanks and Co, makers of sanitary ware, of Tubal Works, Barrhead, Glasgow. John Shanks (1825 –
Read moreFound in Partick, Glasgow by Graham Douglas and kindly donated by him. The Clutha Glasgow wash down water
Read more1850 – Ferguslie Fireclay Works started. 1851 – 1852 – David Buchannan, Foreman, Ferguslie
Read moreJ & M Craig, Dean, Hillhead and Perceton Fire Clay Works, Kilmarnock and Longpark Pottery, Kilmarnock.
Read moreSouthhook Fireclay Works, Dreghorn, Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, later known as Southhook Potteries Ltd.
Read moreFound by Ian Suddaby in the Cumnock area. Southhook Potteries Ltd Southhook Fireclay Works, Kilmarnock,
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