Paisley.
Ferguslie Fire-Clay Works.—These extensive works were established in 1839, and are carried on by Messrs. Robert Brown and Son. The productions are mainly chimney shafts in great variety and of good design, sewage pipes and sanitary goods of all kinds, garden vases and tazzæ, flower boxes, suspenders, fern and flower stands, &c. of various designs; statuary, both single figures and groups, architectural enrichments, pedestals, brackets, garden edgings, fire and other bricks and tiles, copings, finials, &c.
Shortroods and Caledonia Works.—These are brick and tile works connected with the Ferguslie Works of Messrs. Robert Brown and Co.
Paisley Earthenware Works.—Messrs. Robert Brown and Co. established these works in 1876, and at them produce white enamelled earthenware goods of a similar quality to those of Staffordshire. Their principal productions are cabinet stands and lavatories of every requisite shape both for domestic and shop fittings, plug basins, pans, and other sanitary appliances, baths of every kind (a speciality being the larger baths, five feet six inches in length, a size rarely attempted in earthenware), washing tubs, sinks, &c., plumber’s fittings, washhand-table tops, with and without toilet ware, plain and coloured pavement and wall tiles, &c.
Crown Works.—At the Crown Crucible Works, belonging to Messrs. Robert Brown and Son, plumbago crucibles and kindred goods are manufactured. The marks are a crown and name,
, and a crucible within an oval border surmounted by a crown.