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Selected bibliography of coppersmith and tinsmith references prepared by ann wagner winterthur museum 2011 see also. American painted tinware aka toleware painted tinware can be found in many early american collections. Donna dewberrys complete book of onestroke painting decorative painting. It can be utilitarian or decorative, but invariably bears a painted design or picture. American tinware toleware painted hearth large water can by marvin bishop oh. Much of the early american painted tinware that survives today was made between the 1820s and the early 1900s. Brilliant paint decorated tinware tole snuff box attributed to the connecticut filley tinshop, bloomfield, ct, ca 18001846 as per martin and tucker. In celebration of the mercer museums centennial anniversary, enjoy special demonstrations by the delaware valleys talented traditional artisans, bringing the tools of the museum to life. May 15, 20 tinware objects with lively, bright colors and hand painted with fruit, flowers, birds, and borders were once ubiquitous in the young united states. This turn of the last century gameboard boasts two highly contrastingl reds one vibrant, one like red velvet cake separated with well executed black lines even more superbly outlined in gold. Hand painted or decorated tinware became less common in households after the civil war era as the tinned iron industry evolved toward uses like canned foods with printed labels. A merican painted tinware a guide to its identification, volume 1 by gina martin and lois tucker. One of the worlds largest movie poster collections showcased in new book, cinema on paper. An early american folkart book third book in the authentic series by pat virch history and techniques of country tin painting, stenciling, freehand bronzing, and gold leaf with fullsized pattern portfolio.
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The base material, sheet iron coated with tin, provided an appealing surface for painted or punched ornament to be applied. This document box, attributed to a 19thcentury maine tinsmith. Covers the tinshops of oliver filley in connecticut, augustus filley in new york and harvey filley in pennsylvania. Yellow tinware early american antique painted toleware dome top box with red and green floral decoration. You could personalize a stack of books with a friends favorite quotes and colors. Tin was used as an alloy some 30 centuries before the birth of christ, but the earliest recorded objects of pure tin appear to be a ring and bottle that were found in egypt and date from the 18th dynasty. Blinn, leroy j, tin, sheetiron, and copperplate worker, henry carey baird. The flowering of american tinware winterthur museum, garden. The antique or vintage tinware is painted in the traditional method using original early american designs from antique pieces. Antique tinware for sale vintage antiques for sale. A very nice painted tinware trunk with documentation fromthe research of gina martin amd lois tucker back when they were compiling information for the series of books that were published on tinware.
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