These bookends by TimesTinCup.com are representations of a famous piece known as “The Poet”; later known as, “The Thinker”. The Thinker is one of 180 pieces that was actually introduced within a larger art display called “The Gates of Hell” by Auguste Rodin. The “Gates of Hell” was commissioned in 1880 to be an artistic…
Never Dismiss History, Even When it is Dark
This vintage bottle by Bayer use to dispense what was considered a wonder drug during it’s time, heroin. In 1898, the Bayer Company started the production of heroin on a commercial scale because it showed to be more effective than codeine in sedating respiratory effects. As it turned out, the repeated administration of heroin resulted…
Miniature Stoneware Jug from Kraus & Co.
Brothers, Samuel and Charles Kraus, were jewish immigrants from Bavaria who migrated to Wheeling, West Virginia. They opened their liquor trade company in 1865. Their liquors were bottled onsite in ceramic jugs with the Kraus name stenciled in cobalt. This miniature jug at TimesTinCup.com is an actual miniature sampler jug that was used to promote…
Rolling in Dough
Find a vintage rolling pin @ Time’s Tin Cup ! How many know that an elaborate form of this “must have” device was invented by a woman? Not just a woman, a trail blazing African American woman! During times when women were still property, she invented a kitchen tool that is still needed and used…
The CorkScrew
A corkscrew is a tool which is used to open wine bottles. It is inserted into the cork and used to pull the cork out of the wine bottle. The basic design of a corkscrew was based off of a tool called a gun worm. A gun worm is what a musketeer would use to…
The Protector of Humankind
Ask Laurel to show you these pieces live on Facebook ! Intelligent! Loyal! Always on the side of good! Meet the Fu Lion Dog. In Chinese, Shi. In Chinese mythology, the Fu Lion Dog was created by a god out of a boy’s stone dog toy. Fu Lion Dogs have great strength and intelligence; as…
#Boonton – Our Carnival is Back!
#Boonton our Fire Department Carnival is back for Labor Day weekend! Thursday, September 2, 2021, 6pm until Midnight @ our Boonton High School. This coupon must be printed and presented at time of purchase for your wristbands. See our Fire Department’s website for Itinerary of events.
Vintage Desktop Inkwell
Why does the pen-maker do wrong, and try to make others as bad as himself? Because he makes the people steal (steel) pens, and says they do right (write). Cassell’s Educator for the Young Ready made ink was created in 1836. Inkwells were created to hold this ink. Inkwells were made decorative for desks; as…
Feline Folklore @theBHPL
The Boonton Holmes Public Library will be presenting Feline Folklore via Zoom. The program will be June 22, 2021 @ 7:00pm-8:30pm. This program will be headed up by storytellers and folklore experts, Doctors Sara Cleto and Brittany Warman. It will be a fascinating look at cats in folklore and fairy tales. Sign Up here !!…
Vintage Tinder Heart Apple Mailbox Holds Postal History
It is truly amazing how much is never realized with the history of our mail delivery. Not only has our U.S. Post Office delivered children as parcels; but, there is a history of our mail being delivered by Rockets! One of the first successful deliveries of mail by a rocket in the United States was…