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TINSMITHING HISTORICAL INFORMATION FOR STUDENTS & TEACHERS
PROVIDED AS A SERVICE OF CARL GIORDANO - TINSMITH

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18th C Tinshop in France
18th C Tin Tools - France
Tinner Tools & Products
18th C Tinner
18th C. Tinsmith Trade or Business Card

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Recommended sources for additional information on tinsmithing:

The Art of the Tinsmith English & American, Shirley Spaulding DeVoe ISBN 0-196838-59-5 History, antique tinware, many photos
To Cut, Piece & Solder, Jeannette Lasansky History, antique tinware, many photos
The Origins and Craft of Antique Tin & Tole, John Player ISBN 0-9699837-0-0 Tools, techniques, antique tinware, photos
Jedediah North's Tinner's Tool Business, John Demer Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 78-51951 Tools

The History & Folklore of American Country Tinware 1700-1900, Margaret Coffin Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 68-25512 History, antique pieces, photos
The Tinsmiths of Connecticut, Shirley Spaulding DeVoe Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 68-16010 History, antique pieces, photos
Antique Tin & Tole Ware Its History and Romance, Mary Earle Gould ISBN 0-8048-0026-X History, tinplate industry, many unusual tin pieces

 

17th Century French tradecard of a tinsmith (ferblantier) shown with many of his wares--

How many tinware items you can identify in the picture?