While this hammer may look like a cigar hammer, it is missing the necessary notch used to break the seal and pry open the lid. So what is it? On one side it says “Makers of the Genuine Turkish Chewing Taffy,” while the other simply states with a flourish “Schwarz & Son, Newark, NJ.” As it turns out, Schwarz & Son were the manufacturers of Turkish Chewing Taffy from about 1915 until 1936. Contrary to what Wikipedia says, the recipe was discovered in 1912 when Herman Herer added too many egg whites to a batch of marshmallow and he brought it with him to Schwarz & Son.