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Tinware is any item made of prefabricated tinplate. Usually tinware refers to kitchenware made of tinplate, often crafted by tinsmiths. Many cans used for canned food are tinware as well. Something that is tinned after being shaped and fabricated is not considered tinware. [1] Similar industrial products are called tin-sheet products or tinwork.
John Boynton (c. 1791–1868) was an American tinware entrepreneur, politician, and philanthropist who founded Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, Massachusetts. John Boynton was born in about 1791 to Elizabeth and Jeremiah Boynton, farmers in Mason, New Hampshire. Boynton served in the New Hampshire militia in 1814.
The British tinplate industry: A history. Oxford: Clarendon Press. Reutter, Mark (1988). Sparrows Point: Making Steel—the Rise and Ruin of American Industrial Might. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 9780671553357. Schubert, H. R. (1955). History of the British Iron and Steel Industry from c. 450 B.C. to A.D. 1775. London: Routledge & Kegan ...
The practice of tinning ironware to protect it against rust is an ancient one. According to Pliny the Elder tinning was invented by the Gallic Bituriges tribe (based near modern Bourges), who boiled copper objects in a tin solution in order to make them look as if they were made from silver. [3]
By extension it can also refer to the person who deals in tinware, or tin plate. [2] Tinsmith was a common occupation in pre-industrial times. Unlike blacksmiths (who work mostly with hot metals), tinsmiths do the majority of their work on cold metal (although they might use a hearth to heat and help shape their raw materials).
The British Tinplate Industry, a History. Clarendon Press. Newman, John (1995). Glamorgan. The Buildings of Wales. London: Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-071056-6. Wilkins, Charles (1903). The History of the Iron, Steel, Tinplate and other trades of Wales. Merthyr Tydfil: Joseph Williams. Williams, William (1895). A Sanitary Survey of Glamorganshire ...
Amid the hills and history of Jamestown, Tennessee (Mark Twain’s parents lived there many moons ago), there’s a place where pigs rule the roost — well, technically, the pastures, mud wallows ...
According to Samuel Timmins' book Birmingham and the Midland Hardware District, published in 1866, there were 2000 people employed in the japanning and tin-plate industries in Wolverhampton and Bilston at the time. Japanning firms ranged in size from small family workshops, which often adjoined the proprietor's home, to a few large factories ...