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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.
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. 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 ...
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 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]
Treforest tinplate works c. 1840. The Treforest tinplate works in Treforest, Wales, operated between the late 18th century and 1939.The six remaining buildings on the site were constructed in the mid 19th century during which time the iron and tinplate industries were dominated by South Wales.
It was constructed in 1887 to serve as the works of the Baltimore branch of the nation's largest tinware manufacturer, the National Enameling and Stamping Company (NESCO). The densely packed complex fills an almost 5-acre (2.0 ha) site and consists of 17 interconnected buildings and one structure that vary in height from one to five stories.
Edward Jackson (20 April 1799 – 14 July 1872) was a tinware manufacturer in Canada. [1]Jackson was born in Redding, Connecticut.He came to Canada with his wife Lydia Ann Sanford in 1826 and settled at Niagara (Niagara-on-the-Lake), where he opened a tinware business.