Britannia Pottery.—These large works at St. Rollox, Glasgow, belonging to Messrs. Cochran & Co., produce all the usual varieties of ordinary earthenware goods in granite and cream-coloured ware for South America; and printed, enamelled, painted, and gilt wares for the home markets. The works were established in 1855, by Mr. Robert Cochran, the senior partner of the Verreville Pottery Company (which see), and the present partners are Mr. Alexander Cochran (son of the above) and Mr. James Fleming. The works contain six biscuit and seven glost ovens.
Annfield Pottery.—Messrs. John Thomson and Co., at the Annfield Pottery, Gallowgate, formerly manufactured both china and earthenware goods for the home and foreign markets. The works have been closed some time.
Bridgeton Pottery.—The “Bridgeton Pottery” was built in 1869 by its present owner, Mr. F. Grosvenor, who for some years previous to that time had been a partner in the “Caledonian Pottery” at Glasgow. The goods manufactured are the usual classes of articles in stoneware, including chemical wares, bottles for various uses, spirit jars, bottles, &c., and Rockingham ware tea-pots. In 1870 Mr. Grosvenor took out a patent for the manufacture of bottles and jars by machinery, and he has also invented an improved bottle stopper.
Barrowfield Pottery.—Established by their present owner, Mr. Henry Kennedy, in 1866, these extensive works produce in large quantities all the usual classes of articles of “glass-lined stoneware,” including “glass-lined bottles and jars” for domestic and other purposes, both for home and foreign markets. The mark used by Mr. Kennedy is three Bottles side by side beneath a ribbon bearing the words “Established 1866.”
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Glenboig Star Works.—The Glenboig Star Fire Brick Works produce bricks, retorts, furnace-blocks and similar goods.