The term 'Japanware' is used to describe objects which have been finished and decorated in a particular way. A 'Japan' finish can be created on lots of different materials. 'Japanning' means the finished, decorative surface and not the article itself.

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Rolling Mill

Japanware In Pontypool


The first experiments with Japanning onto tin plate happened in Pontypool South Wales. The town of Pontypool was founded on the iron industry and it was also the first place to introduce a rolling process to create tin plate. In the Pontypool tinplate works, experiments were conducted with various methods of finishing the metal which resulted in the production of Japanned tinplate goods.


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