Tinware

This caused many European nations, including Great Britain, to attempt to start tinplate manufacturing industries.

Though there was a widely acclaimed expedition by Andrew Yarranton assisted in the transfer of technical knowledge,[6] it was not until innovations like the water-powered rolling mill founded by Major Hanbury in 1728 that a successful English tinplate industry was created.

[3] Tinplate became a British dominated industry until 1890, with an output exceeding 13 million boxes of plate, of which 70% were exported to the United States.

[3] Tinware production in the United States is widely acclaimed to have started when a Scottish immigrant named Edward Pattison settled in Berlin, Hartford County, Connecticut.

[11] Tinware making tools and inventions of the Industrial Revolution can be found at the Tinsmith Museum of America.

19 letters of the alphabet are represented in this list, showcasing the astounding variety of tinware goods.

[13] Tinware was featured prominently in the 1897 Sears Roebuck and Co. Catalogue, including many pots, pails, pans, and snuff boxes to name a few.