E Winkle, Port Vale, Burslem

This one came as a surprise as I had not found any reference to this manufacturer in any of the trade directories. So far the only possible manufacturer of this firebrick that I have found is Elijah Winkle who was in business as a limeburner adjacent to the canal in Longport in 1896. No idea were the works might have been situated.

Thanks to Lance Bates at the Chimneypot Museum in Longton for letting me photograph this example from his collection.