July 17th – Boonton Flea Market ! Small Businesses, Crafters and Makers! Vending Opportunities Available. Contact Time’s Tin Cups own Laurel if you want a vendor table! Best part, you are supporting a Community Neighbor that gives back! The Boonton Elks Lodge is over 100 years old and has donated over $1 Million Dollars to the #Boonton Community. That donated money goes towards the…
Fenton Carnival Glass Compote
Fenton Carnival Glass Compote Fenton Art Glass was the largest creators of homemade colored glass in the United States. They were known by their skilled artisans for their handmade colored glass and patterns. Iridescent Carnival glass was introduced by the Fenton family and still remains their most popular sought-after pieces by collectors. The art of…
CRYSTAL DICE – WINE STOPPER
A perfect gift for the wine connoisseur that loves games and gambling! People have throughout the ages. Dice have been used by fortune tellers, gambling and games historically from various regions of the world. Forms of dice have been found dating back to the Bronze Age at a burial site of Shahr-i-Sokhta, aka known as…
Russian Nesting Dolls
The Russian Nesting Dolls were designed to embody the traditional Russian peasant. They were designed in the 19th Century by Russian painter Sergey Vasilyevich Maylyutin. Sergey Vasilyevich Maylyutin was born September 22, 1859 in Moscow, Capital of the Russian Federation. The Abramtsevo estate in Moscow served as an artist colony in the late 1800s. It…
American Icon, Budweiser – Thermo Mug
German immigrant, Adolphus Busch arrived in the U.S. in 1857. He served in the Union Army during the Civil War. After the war, he worked with his father-in-law to build a brewery that would become an American Icon. Anheuser – Busch was the first American brewery to use pasteurization, artificial refrigeration, and rail cars with…
Campbell Soup Kid!
The Campbell Soup Kids were created by a trail blazing woman cartoonist, Grace Dayton. Grace Dayton was an illustrator of children’s books such as Terrible Tales of Captain Kiddo. She also created comic characters like Dolly Dimples and Toodles. She created some street car ads for Campbell Soup in 1904 and the phenomenon of the…
Monkey Wine Bottle
Attention all you crafters and collectors of unique bottles! This unique bottle is produced by the Affentaler Winery in Germany. They are the distiller of The Monkey Wine. Don’t worry, no monkeys have been harmed in the creation of this wine. It is called Monkey Wine because the 700 year old species of grapes that…
Ouija Planchette Earrings
Spiritualism became very popular during the 19th Century. The American Civil War was one of the bloodiest conflicts in the nation’s history that resulted in excess of 750,000 fatalities. Soldiers perished far away from home. Their bodies left on distance battlefields due to lack of means for recovery. Families were unable to grieve properly. When…
The legend of the original bad Santa
Half man, half goat of Austria’s folklore. He was a legend that originated from pagan celebrations of the winter solstice that was meant to scare children from misbehaving. Krampus was the menacing partner of St. Nicholas that would punish children on Krampus night, also known as Krampusnacht. Truly horrifying way to instill discipline with children….
Ludwig van Beethoven @ Time’s Tin Cup
Hugo Hagen, 1818-1871, was a German Sculptor who contributed to great pieces such as Frederick the Great and created well known pieces such as Grace with Pegasus, Wrangelbrunnen and Fame and Victory at the Powerscourt Estate in Ireland. Hugo Hagen also is the sculptor of a bust of Ludwig van Beethoven This Bust of Ludwig…