How To Use Pewter In A Sentence

Two pewter mugs banged down in front of us, spilling liquid.
I watched his hands, tipping measured amounts of powder from a pewter horn, tapping in a ball and wad with a short ramrod.
That has to be very cool to see your literary creations made corporeal in pewter (and then hand painted!). Pick Your Pewter Poison
And how my comrade, the other pewter soldier, lives! Andersen's Fairy Tales
Over the centuries the techniques of making all forms of metal ware: pewter, copper, brass and bronze, iron and steel, have varied.

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The most important spoon in the Jamestown collection, and one of the most significant objects excavated, is an incomplete pewter spoon -- a variant of the trifid, or split-end, type common during the 1650-90 period. New Discoveries at Jamestown Site of the First Successful English Settlement in America
But it is unseemly to see such a Grand Potentate in such a state of decay: the son of Bajazet Ilderim insolvent; the descendants of the Prophet bullied by Calmucs and English and whipper-snapper Frenchmen; the Fountain of Magnificence done up, and obliged to coin pewter! Notes of a Journey From Cornhill to Grand Cairo
The First Church of Deerfield retains two large plates, or chargers, marked by the London pewterer Samuel Ellis I.
The home accents are embellished with an antique effect with the help of a variety of plating like bronze, silver, nickel, chrome, pewter and black nickel.
But he raised a pewter tankard of foaming ale to celebrate the success of his campaign and will be back next week
Materials and finishes include pewter, silk steel, sparkling chrome and brushed stainless steel.
By and large, people prefer their copper and brass polished, so some evidence of age, offered by the patina which is so helpful in identifying genuinely old articles of pewter, is not always available for copper and brass.
H. americana ‘Pewter Veil’ has pewter purple leaves with charcoal gray veining.
To a modern audience pewter and brass collections traditionally summon up images of the country pub.
Yes," replied the townsman, "I am deputed by the people of St. Michel to tell you that they are good servants of the king, but that they do not mean to have any gabel, or marks on pewter or tobacco, or stamped papers, or _yreffe d'arbitrage_ (arbitration-clerk's fee). A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 5
A square pewter container was next, containing black dogwood stems, large green chrysanthemums, white lilies, the palest green flowers surrounded by senecio and rosemary, and yellow cymbidium orchids cascading over the edge.
For plates they used what was called a trencher made of wood or pewter. History of American Women
The home accents are embellished with an antique effect with the help of a variety of plating like bronze, silver, nickel, chrome, pewter and black nickel.
Over the centuries the techniques of making all forms of metal ware: pewter, copper, brass and bronze, iron and steel, have varied.
Though quite why he had it in for Henry Burgum the pewterer was a mystery—oh, Burgum was a dyed-in-the-wool villain, but what precisely had he done to Mr. James Thistlethwaite? Morgan’s Run
Modern pewter is mostly tarnish-resistant alloys of about 90% tin with antimony or copper.
This is a black fleury cross pewter charm.
Additionally, I love combining the pewter with other metal foils such as copper and brass foil, as well as using metal paints and glass beads.
The powerless old sword frightens nobody now — the steel is turned to pewter too, somehow, and will no longer shear a Christian head off any shoulders. Notes of a Journey From Cornhill to Grand Cairo
In the original historic area, authentic shopfronts tempt visitors inside to buy three-cornered hats and bonnets, quills and ink, block-printed stationery and sealing wax, candles, soaps, hams, jams, brass and pewter.
She had once thought those lines referred to the river Axe, the sacred river that ran through the subterranean chambers and caverns and stalactites of the Cheddar gorge, but she now saw that the Alph of Xanadu was the Severn, and that the sunless sea was Coleridge's prophetic vision of the pewter post-nuclear wasteland of this estuary, spreading out westwards in the post-nuclear future towards the metallic fish-free Atlantic. Margaret Drabble | Trespassing
Want a parade saddle, complete with scrolled pewter trappings and conchos?
And how my comrade, the other pewter soldier, lives! Andersen's Fairy Tales
By this time the pewterer had seized two bright teapots from the counter. The Blue Cat of Castle Town
I have a guess what of truth there may be in that; and you the fair Alchemist, are you not all the richer and better that you know the essential gold, and will not have it called pewter or spelter, though in the shops it is only such? The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872, Vol. I
Reaper does everything on site, from sculpting the minis, to casting them in pewter, to sorting, packaging, and shipping out internet orders. PvPonline » Archive » Reaping What We Sow
These were a distinctive Scottish feature: owners honoured their guests by putting their best silver and pewter on display. Times, Sunday Times
Exterior finishes are available in polished brass, antique brass, brushed nickel, pewter, satin black and matte gold tones.
There are plenty of rich silks and organzas both in bright colours and earthy tones of terracotta, deep burgundy, pewter and slate black.
The ‘Symbols of Freedom’ flag is made of cold-cast porcelain, and the eagle is made of Legends [R] bronze, fine pewter and 24 kt. gold vermeil.
Both the pewter and Sheffield Plate collections benefited from large bequests particularly that of Colonel Croft Lyons.
Bronze, pewter and antiqued gold are all in the fashion frame, too, and will come over as breathtakingly sophisticated at any age.
For the final touch, she'd added a rosary made of black glass and pewter, finishing off the look she was going for perfectly.
(Boudicca, Queen of the Iceni; pewter miniature designed by Alan Dickinson.) The Pampers of Jesus: My Summer with HDTV
And metallics - gold, bronze, silver, pewter and copper - move beyond evening wear.
Byard arranged for many shipments of antique furniture, brass, and pewter to be sent to Shelburne for Webb to consider for purchase.
His willingness to experiment in graphic art to create visual effects that exploited the tools and language unique to that medium, as in "woodcut-on-pewter" and white-line etchings, or simulated alla-prima painting, as in color prints, spilled over into painting, as is evinced by the experimental paintings in the Descriptive Catalogue, such as the Spiritual Form of Nelson, and his so-called "tempera" and "fresco" paintings, which capture the visual effects of color printing. Introduction
The cruciform cast-pewter mountings continue their references to Maori Christian imagery.
During the late troubles, the treasures of the state, and even the furniture of the palace, had been alienated or embezzled; the royal banquet was served in pewter or earthenware; and such was the proud poverty of the times, that the absence of gold and jewels was supplied by the paltry artifices of glass and gilt-leather. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
She is either a very prodigal woman, or richer than she would be thought, by her buying of the best things, and laying out much money in new-fashioned pewter; and, among other things, a new-fashioned case for a pair of snuffers, which is very pretty; but I could never have guessed what it was for, had I not seen the snuffers in it. Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete 1668 N.S.
One of the regulars tapped his pewter tankard on the bar and cleared his throat noisily.
Despite this, some early pewter survives, including the flagons shown in Plates II and IV.
Their enterprise really began to grow after they switched from silver to pewter, an alloy of lead and tin.
Anniversaries can also be recorded in copper or pewter as a lasting reminder of a special event.
Although he did not invent the technique of lavishly veneering furniture with marquetry of exotic tortoiseshell, pewter and brass and variously coloured woods which is named after him, he was, without doubt, its greatest exponent.
In the bathroom, we had not only a large shower, but a freestanding pewter bath. Times, Sunday Times
One of those artefacts was a pewter plate inscribed with the name Matute.
Old pewter develops a patina or film of thin oxide which is difficult to replicate, and this type of oxidation is one of the things collectors look for to confirm age.
Do you know what the master pewterer in Connecticut said of such metal, which he hated, blue kitten? The Blue Cat of Castle Town
Pewter A tin-based alloy mixed with copper and antimony, originally having a lead content.
It had all the things that go to make the best farm-kitchens: such as red bricks and heavy smoke-blackened beams, and a deep hearth with a great fire on it and settles inside, from which one could look up at the chimney-shaft to the sky, and clay pipes and spills alongside, and a muller for wine or beer; and hams and sides of bacon and strings on onions and bunches of herbs; much pewter, and a copper warming-pan, and brass candlesticks, and a grandfather clock; a cherrywood dresser and wheelback chairs polished with age; and a great scrubbed oaken table to seat a harvest-supper, planed from a single mighty plank. Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard
He eyed with dissatisfaction his own re - flection in the highly polished pewter mug. Dragons of a Fallen Sun
Pewter was used to make cheap jewellery and was cast in moulds made from antler, engraved Roman tiles and clay, although stamped pewter jewellery was also made.
Other items discovered include a set of pewter tableware used by servants.
A champagne theme is suggested and repeated in the elaborate pewter railing that edges the second-floor balcony overlooking the bar.
He went a-pewtering no more, if ever he had been 'prentice or done journeywork for that trade, but was neither more nor less than one of the Blacks, and Mistress Slyboots, his Flame, kept him company. The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 1 of 3 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors...
Debra gave me a couple of belated birthday presents -- a large bar of kiwi chocolate and a lovely lovely pendant made of pewter inlaid with paua shell -- and showed me her gifty for cleanskies -- a doll with moving legs which she'd covered with more paua shell on top, and a Louise Brooks bob haircut apparently synthetic hair is difficult to cut so good on you cos it was a great haircut. Mysti/Misty: separated at birth? maybe not.
Some one had even managed to buff up a shine on the old pewter candlesticks.
As they crossed the length of the room, they finally espied her crew, barking raucous laughter and drinking deep of their pewter tankards.
The light is diffuse and hueless, like the light on paper inside a pewter bowl.
Dunn spent his first five seasons in pewter before a six-year stint with the Atlanta Falcons. Bucs need healthy Garcia in the huddle to take next playoff step
She said she was niece to a pewterer of considerable circumstances, not far from Tower Hill, who had promised, and was able to give her five hundred pounds; but the fear of disobliging him by marriage, hindered her from thinking of becoming a wife without his approbation of her spouse. Lives of the Most Remarkable Criminals Who have been Condemned and Executed for Murder, the Highway, Housebreaking, Street Robberies, Coining or other offences
The handle of a spoon bearing the hallmark of this earliest American pewterer, of whom there is a record, is extant and may be seen at the museum at Jamestown. Domestic Life in Virginia in the Seventeenth Century
It's pewter - an alloy of tin and lead with traces of copper, iron, and nickel.
Different materials are used - brass, tin, galvanised iron and pewter.
Both kinds should be made either of gold, silver, or at least of tin and pewter (stannum), and should have sheaths or cases. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux
But early next morning, when they approached the shore, the Spanish _alcaide_, Francisco de Tapia, commanded a gun to be fired at the ship from the castle; whereupon the English, seeing the reception accorded them, sailed back to Porto Rico, there obtained some provisions in exchange for pewter and cloth, and departed for Europe, The Buccaneers in the West Indies in the XVII Century
Occasionally a piece is accented with simple inlays of pewter, copper or wood marquetry, but most frequently Stickley relies on vigorous strap hinges, bale drawer-pulls and other wrought-iron or hammered copper hardware to lend ornament to the restrained Craftsman design vocabulary. Four-Square Reformer
In the camera was a polished pewter plate coated with a petroleum product called bitumen of Judea.
how could i? they're slick, pewter-colored "sateen" sheets, 230 thread count, 100% cotton and they look positively LAVISH with our maroon velvet comforter. god, it's gorgeous. and i deserve these sheets, dammit i do. since moriarty6 and i have lived together, we've had nothing but cheap-assed Tar-JHAY sheets that annually fall apart at the seams--and once in awhile, a woman who has already telefiled her tax return deserves something nice. she deserves new bedding. Saturday pointlessness
The pewterer poured the molten metal into the mold, extracted the piece when it had cooled, and carefully finished it.
This camp-style belt with pewter latch buckle will make a great addition to your casual wear; don it with your favorite pair of denims.
However, the pewter in the current exhibition leads one to extend the terminal date proposed by either author.
The things people accumulated -- old pictures and pewter, jade and carved ivory and ugly-faced masks and books and tapestries and large yellow sperm-whale teeth scored with scrimshaw, silver platters and spoons and sugar tongs, the incidental and ill-assorted objects that were supposed to have value -- all of it was merely borrowed from the vast store of the world's artifacts and ultimately returned to it, sold, bequeathed, lost, stolen. Beard
There was no bridge, but flat ferry-rafts winched their way across it on heavy cables, and icy, slate-gray water gurgled under a dull, pewter sky.
The cloak's clasp was a lump of pewter in the shape of a skull, and his eyes were the coldest blue I'd ever seen.
Materials and finishes include pewter, silk steel, sparkling chrome and brushed stainless steel.
Alchemist, are you not all the richer and better that you know the _essential_ gold, and will not have it called pewter or spelter, though in the shops it is only such? The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872, Vol. I
When next the kitten opened an eye the pewterer was pouring the melted mass into two molds. The Blue Cat of Castle Town
He is a somewhat shambling but attractive denim-clad man in his late 50s, with a thatch of pewter-coloured hair, an engaging smile and a permanently amused gaze.
Some of his flagons, tankards, plates, saucers, salts, basins, and chamber pots, although unspecified as to material, were undoubtedly also made of pewter.
My own suggestion would be just such an ontbijtke with oysters, an assortment of shells, a lemon, Texel cheese, perhaps some white grapes, a roemer goblet, a pitcher, pewter dishes, all set upon a table covered with a Turkey rug. The Stream and The Torrent
They also stock beautiful glassware, a pewter range of mugs and ornaments and mantle clock in various designs.
The shopwindows in this district were full of delftware—a cross between pewter and bone in broad daylight—and slabs of Belgian chocolate that stood as solid and brown as the earth itself. The Mercury Visions of Louis Daguerre
The winner will receive a pewter tankard, hip flask and stamp set.
Jack was cleaning pewter beer mugs behind the bar.
Pewter mugs and tankards were the main vessels for dispensing beer, but the metal did not appeal to drinkers of coffee and tea.
For economic and technical reasons, the alloys used by coppersmiths, brassfounders, braziers, blacksmiths and pewterers have varied over time, and a knowledge of the alloys can provide definitive answers.
I bring home a traditional double-handled Scottish gift in pewter for special people - a bowl of welcome or friendship, called a quaich.
There was no bridge, but flat ferry-rafts winched their way across it on heavy cables, and icy, slate-gray water gurgled under a dull, pewter sky.
Tadeusz reached inside his jacket and pulled out a burnished pewter hip flask. THE LAST TEMPTATION
The pewter censer spews the sweetest peppered scent.
Sending pewter to a trained engraver had been banned by the English pewterers ' guild as early as 1588 but continued to be allowed by continental guilds.
You did show me when you'd taken them from the old jailor, and there were this squiggly thing on the pewter disk. A TIME OF WAR
Pewter mugs and tankards were the main vessels for dispensing beer, but the metal did not appeal to drinkers of coffee and tea.
All the drama is in the pewter sequins (a glitzier colour would look trashy), and it is such a strong, unfussy dress, you don't even have to wear jewellery with it.
Some of the more important metal alloys were gold, brass, bronze and pewter.
Tam o 'Shanter-like, elated with the contents of the pewter vessels, he nothing either feared or doubted, and off went the lad to the fairy hill; so, being arrived at the base, he was nothing loth to extend his voice to its utmost powers in giving utterance to the above invitatory verses. Notes and Queries, Number 61, December 28, 1850
Unadorned, they rely on the soft surface sheen of the pewter for decorative effect.
In anticipation of the hot weather, I had laid in a large stock of raspberry vinegar, which, properly managed, helps to make a pleasant drink; and there was a great demand for sangaree, claret, and cider cups, the cups being battered pewter pots. Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands
Grinder delivered the white – legged horse to the hostler of a quaint stable at the corner; and inviting Mrs Brown and her daughter to seat themselves upon a stone bench at the gate of that establishment, soon reappeared from a neighbouring public – house with a pewter measure and a glass. Dombey and Son
Tin combined with copper made bronze; and tin combined with lead made pewter.
Pewter embossing combines the antique art metal techniques known as chasing and repousse - the hand modeling or embossing of thin sheets of metal for decorative effect.
There was young Caterham, for example, cousin of the Earl of Pewterstone, and one of the most promising of English politicians, who, taking the risk of being thought a faddist, wrote a long article in the Nineteenth The Food of the Gods and how it came to Earth
Remove tarnish with a commercial pewter polish or a paste made of rotten-stone and boiled linseed oil or olive oil.
The last instance of their being spoken to, is thus still handed down by tradition: -- ''Twas on a beautifully clear evening in the month of August, when the last sheaf had crowned the last stack in their master's hagyard, and after calling the "harvest home," the daytale-men and household servants were enjoying themselves over massive pewter quarts foaming over with strong beer, that the subject of the evening's conversation at last turned upon the fairies of the neighbouring hill, and each related his oft-told tale which he had learned by rote from the lips of some parish grandame. Notes and Queries, Number 61, December 28, 1850
Watering cans were scarce, but a woman armed with a bucket of sudsed tobacco solution and a pewter dipper with holes punched in its bottom sprinkled the growing vegetables—and crops! Morgan’s Run
For economic and technical reasons, the alloys used by coppersmiths, brassfounders, braziers, blacksmiths and pewterers have varied over time, and a knowledge of the alloys can provide definitive answers.
The wide concave of cloud, of the monotonous hue of dull pewter, formed an unbroken hood over the level from horizon to horizon; beneath it, reflecting its wan lustre, was the glazed high-road which stretched, hedgeless and ditchless, past a directing-post where another road joined it, and on to the less regular ground beyond, lying like a riband unrolled across the scene, till it vanished over the furthermost undulation. The Hand of Ethelberta
£100, yet the farmer generally had at the end of his term saved six or seven years 'rent, besides a' fair garnish of pewter on his cupboard ', and odd vessels, also' three or four feather beds, so manie coverlids and carpets of tapestry, a silver salt, a bowle for wine, and a dozzen of spoones to furnish up the sute '. A Short History of English Agriculture
Unlike more densely settled areas to the north, Virginia supported few pewterers, so the pewter plates and vessels most Virginians ate and drank from were shipped there from English ports.
Pewter A tin-based alloy mixed with copper and antimony, originally having a lead content.
The reproduction industry did not focus attention on wrought iron as it did on pewter, brass and copper.
A square pewter container was next, containing black dogwood stems, large green chrysanthemums, white lilies, the palest green flowers surrounded by senecio and rosemary, and yellow cymbidium orchids cascading over the edge.
Their enterprise really began to grow after they switched from silver to pewter, an alloy of lead and tin.
Townsend was noted for exporting considerable quantities of pewter to these shores.
Were there for humans as there is for dogs a tribunal to determine excellence; were there judges of anthropoidal points and juries to, give prizes for manly race, vigour, and the rest, undoubtedly these two men would have gained the gold and the pewter medals. Hills and the Sea
These were a distinctive Scottish feature: owners honoured their guests by putting their best silver and pewter on display. Times, Sunday Times
Pieces were set around a strict palette of ultra black, jet, charcoal and pewter with shots of colour and scatterings of silver sparkle and crystal.
If so, he can instantly transport himself to the times of the wooden "trencher," and the "pewter" mug and pitcher, to the days when iron rails for tramways were unknown, and when even the Steam, Steel and Electricity
You can find the boards with brass corners, inlaid maple and walnut, Italian alabaster, and pewter.
Gold, silver, Boulle marquetry of brass, pewter, porcelain, tortoiseshell, ebony ivory, and rare woods were all used.
Mr. Carnes was a pewterer, meaning he worked primarily in tin, while Mr. Maycock was a brazier working mostly with brass.
Snow swirled around them in little eddies, and the sky was the flat dark grey of pewter.
The noise of footsteps on the creaking stairs, a few minutes after the occurrence of this conversation, roused the merry old gentleman as he sat over the fire with a saveloy and a small loaf in his hand; a pocket – knife in his right; and a pewter pot on the trivet. Oliver Twist
Her hands were trembling slightly, the crystal pitcher tinkling against the pewter mug.
Today, it runs a state-of-the-art factory that employs 360 people, most of them full-time, and exports pewter giftware to more than 23 countries.
Chatterton's earliest idea seems to have been how to deceive; and, were it possible to laugh at youthful fraud, there would be something irresistibly ludicrous in the lad bewildering the old pewterer, Burgum. The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851
The tin alloy called pewter, which used to contain some lead and now is made with 7% antimony and 2% copper, is not much used today. On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen
In the centre of the First State Room is a kneehole writing-desk of about 1680, veneered with brass and pewter marquetry on a ground of tortoiseshell backed with red pigment.
Colourings such as taupe, pavlova, biscuit and caraway are offset by elegant shades of caffeine, pewter, ash and, of course, coffee, charcoals and black.
A huge pewter measuring pot reamed with excellent claret.
The buckle has a cast pewter frame with a hinge element between the buckle sides, and both the tongue and strap were attached to the center bar.
Although porringers were often made of pewter, this specimen is a fragmentary shallow brass dish with a decorative handle that measured approximately 14 cm in diameter.
There was a pewter pendant with a gold chain sitting on it.
But if you want to create a more subdued look go for softer colours: silvers, pewters and ivories.
I've been guilty of reinforcing it myself, waxing lyrically about the romantic melancholy and sense of decline surrounding the pewter-grey winters and the hermetically insular suburbs.
Upon the cloth were placed soft-lustred pewter and, probably almost from the first, some pieces of silver too. Virginia: the Old Dominion
There were a nice pair pf pewter-y flats with a little criss-cross ankle strap, but the strap wasn't looking so good, now that I'm in cankle-world, so I left those behind for someone less swollen than I. Archive 2008-07-01
A broached brambleberry pie, a glass of wine and frothed tumbler of ale have been left in a disarray of pewter dishes and scattered filberts: untidy by Dutch standards, apart from the sharply ironed tablecloth.
Different from true pewter, Mexican pewter is primarily aluminum. Shining Mexican pewter displayed on the walls is enticing. Different from true pewter, Mexican pewter is primarily aluminum. It is poured into molds that are hand-sculpted in sand, resulting in intriguing textures. © Julia Taylor, 2008
In appreciation of his 18 years of service to the town, Mr Ferguson was presented with a print of Brian Neil's town scenes and an engraved pewter quaich, or whiskey drinking bowl, together with a bottle of single malt whisky.
You will find as the touchmark of this pewterer the initials E.S. below a full-rigged ship. The Blue Cat of Castle Town
Pewter Photo Frames, Glass Photo Frame, Polyresin Photo Frame, Perfume Bottle, Jewelry Boxes Jewelry Boxes.
The traditional alloy of pewter most widely used into the 17th Century consisted of tin and copper with small amounts of other elements.
You will find as the touchmark of this pewterer the initials E.S. below a full-rigged ship. The Blue Cat of Castle Town
Pewter A tin-based alloy mixed with copper and antimony, originally having a lead content.
I watched his hands, tipping measured amounts of powder from a pewter horn, tapping in a ball and wad with a short ramrod.
I had one carved of wood; this one was made of pewter; Brianna had sand-cast it for me. A Breath of Snow and Ashes
Pewter embossing combines the antique art metal techniques known as chasing and repousse - the hand modeling or embossing of thin sheets of metal for decorative effect.
Elizabeth Cooper, wife of a pewterer, of St. Andrews, Norwich, had recanted; but, tortured for what she had done by the worm which dieth not, she shortly after voluntarily entered her parish church during the time of the popish service, and standing up, audibly proclaimed that she revoked her former recantation, and cautioned the people to avoid her unworthy example. Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs
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My eyes scan the pewter-grey mudbanks and mudflats and a distant shoreline etched with filigrees of sinuous creeks.
The Museum owns an almost identical dish by the early 17 th-century Nuremberg pewterer, Caspar Enderlein, who replaced Briot's signature with his own.
Beneath his pewter grey super lightweight suit his black shoes shone with a better shine than patent leather. INSTRUMENTS OF DARKNESS
Grown mainly for the unusual foliage, lilyturf produces tiny bells of pink-white summer flowers, with pewter-to-black berries in early autumn. Times, Sunday Times
Some of the more important metal alloys were gold, brass, bronze and pewter.
It is sapphire against the pale silver wash of the sky and pewter against the amber of the towering hills that he adds in next.
The redhead looked around, the slowly rising moon casting him all silver and pewter and bronze.
Originally, pewter was defined as an alloy of tin and lead, but to avoid toxicity and dullness of finish, lead is excluded from modern pewter.

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