Ship Biscuits
When did they evolve from round to square?This is from 1784. Round is easy to make as a 3 oz ball is flattened according to “The Complete Dictionary of Arts and Sciences” from 1766.
Tin Nurser
Archaeologists from University of Michigan found an item like this at the Marsh site in East Bloomfield, New York dated between 1650 and 1670. They first speculated it was a vessel for sprinkling holy water and the other option was a feeding bottle. In the 17th century they were made of pewter and they evolved […]
Andrews Yeast Powder
Thomas Andrews & Co.Andrews Family Yeast Powder By Richard Leisenring, Jr.Thomas Andrews started out around 1849 as a broker of various chemical products such as Bi-carb and Sal soda as well as Cream of Tartar. In late 1851 Andrews formed the Thomas Andrews& Co. in New York City and began offering Andrews Family Yeast Powder […]
Preston Merrill
Infallible Yeast Powder, Portable Lemonade By Richard Leisenring, Jr.Established in 1845 in Boston, Massachusetts, Preston & Merrill was created with thepartnership of Joshua P. Preston (1808 – 1876) and Joseph Warren Merrill (1819 – 1889) mergingtheir two small chemical and pharmaceutical business’s into one. The firm began producing alemonade mix that Merrill had created in […]
Preston’s Portable Lemonade
Our reproduction available here is based on the 18 cans that survived from the wreck of the Steamship Bertrand. Sugar of Lemons was basically a can of sugar and a small phial of lemon juice concentrate. There were 6 small glass phials that survived. One of the surviving cans has a lining of what appears […]
Yeast Powder
I make yeast powder cans based on the originals that were recovered from the Wreck of the Steamship Bertrand. Our reproduction label is made to look as it would have when it was new. Over 1200 cans of Preston & Merrill Infallible Yeast Powder were unearthed in the late 1960’s and some of the paper […]
Goldner Cans
Thursday, August 17, 2017 9:29:28 AM MDT I am selling Goldner cans here. This is the style of can that was carried by HMS Erebus and HMS Terror during the 1848 voyage. There were thousands of pounds of tinned food carried aboard the ships for their journey to find the Northwest Passage. These cans are […]
Machine for ices
Tuesday, December 27, 2016 10:16:05 PM MST In 1742 Mary Eales specifially mentions “tin ice pots” I have NOT found any record of these made of copper. No use of copper in literature or inventories. There are no surviving examples in copper either. Only pewter examples still exist as the tin versions have all been […]
Cartridge Canister
Thursday, April 18, 2013 10:05:22 AM MDT The first two I made were using the Sketchbook 76 or the Brigade of American Revolution pattern. Then I learned the body should be made in one piece and those first couple were in two parts and they were too big to match the Board of War specifications. […]
Hearthside Cooking
Thursday, March 1, 2012 9:15:06 AM MST I don’t know what to call these… they have so many names. Reflector ovens, tin kitchens, tin oven, Dutch ovens, bake ovens, and meat hastener. In 1831 G. Williston patented what he called a tin baker. In 1832 W. Prescott patented a tin reflecting baker and S. Hasey […]