Description: This is a wooden hand stamp used to press letters into objects made at Prestongrange Brickworks before they were fired. It is difficult to date an object such as this, which may have lain unused in the works for many years. However, many 'specials' were made by hand using wood moulds right up to the closure of the works in the mid nineteen seventies. This is a hardwood stamp with reversed letters reading PG. It is crafted from a single piece of wood, which is stained gray with clay residues. The letters are partially eroded. Even though the ownership of Prestongrange Brick and Tile Works changed hands three times in the 20th century, the works relied on a core of craftsmen. They had the skills to make 'specials' to customers' requirements. Accession Number - 1996.464.1
