Tag: Master Tinsmith
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Phil Kelly
He was a resident tinsmith at Landis Valley Museum in Lancaster Pennsylvania. Phil Kelly was featured in the book Tinware Yesterday and Today This candle stick is featured on Page 5 of the book. His maker mark is “K” surrounded by 4 dots.
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Walt Fleming
Walt Fleming has a business model to sell items that looked like they were already 100 years old when you bought them. Many tinsmiths would age the tinware but his process included aging the candles also.
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Bill McMillen
Bill passed away November 9, 2022. He will be missed. Here is an original photo we have on display. It was published in a newspaper article about Historic Richmond town in 1984. He looks very young. He worked there for many years and then began working with Don Carpentier at Eastfield Village in Upstate New…