IMPORTED AND OUT-OF-STATE BRICKS
Brand name: M.T & Co.
Company: Possibly Marple, Turner & Co.
Location: Hanley, Staffordshire, England.
Years: 1851-1858
Type: Firebrick
Description: Brand name impressed into a shallow rectangle.
Comments: Marple, Turner & Co. was known for manufacturing vases
and plates, and marked their wares with M.T & Co. Because this brand
mark was patented, it is thought that the fire brick with the same mark
might be from this company, though this has yet to be verified.
References: Cushion, J.P. Handbook of Pottery and Porcelain Marks, London and Boston.
Faber and Faber, 1980, p. 176; Kowalsky, Arnold A. and Dorothy E. Encyclopedia of Marks On
American, English, and European Earthenware, Ironstone, and Stoneware (1780-1980). Atglen, PA:
Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 1999, p. 265.
Comments or questions are welcomed.
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