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pewter
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pew·ter
/ ˈpyoōtər/
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n.
a gray alloy of tin with copper and antimony (formerly, tin and lead).
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utensils made of this:
the kitchen pewter.
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a shade of bluish or silver gray:
looking back at that pewter sky.
DERIVATIVES:
pew·ter·er
n.
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Pewter profits: a retailer's guide to pewter. (Advertising Supplement) (Part 2)
Magazine article from: Gifts & Decorative Accessories; 10/1/1985; 700+ words
; Your Store Can Profit from Pewter's Growing Popularity Today, pewter is enjoying a resurgence of popularity. It reflects...yet it is at home with today's style of living. Pewter is both practical and decorative and is found in some...
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Pewter embossing: an interview with Elitia Hart.(profile of artist Elitia Hart)
Magazine article from: Arts & Activities; 10/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...her "eureka" moment when she discovered pewter repousse. She now creates one-of-a-kind pewter embossed pieces and teaches classes in the...gold. H.G. How did you go from glass to pewter? E.H. I have always enjoyed a variety...
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 "Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)")
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Pewter creations are with warmth, beauty and soul.
Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL); 11/7/2003; 700+ words
; ...Mary Daniels It's not your mother's pewter. The tableware and accessories designed...period of being ignored, says Reiss, pewter, once the poor man's silver, is now...behind this trend, having reintroduced pewter, with a few revolutionary twists, to...
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 "Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)")
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PEWTER POPULAR AS A DISPLAY COLLECTIBLE BY FRANCES INGRAHAM HEINS STAFF WRITER.(AT HOME)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 8/22/1999; 650 words
; Pewter is one of the oldest known alloys, thought to have been used as early as 1500 B.C. Pewter was commonly made into dishes, drinking...in Europe since the Middle Ages. English pewter was imported to America until its manufacture...
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Pewter at the Victoria and Albert Museum.(Review)
Magazine article from: The Magazine Antiques; 9/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...of the loosely defined alloy known as pewter is a flask found in a grave of 1580...iron, and silicon. A top-quality pewter alloy consists of at least 90 percent...lead. Thanks to its low melting point, pewter could be easily molded and, when shapes...
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British pewter
Magazine article from: Antiques & Collecting Magazine; 11/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; IT HAS BEEN said that pewter is a poor man's silver but this is...level of society, would have owned some pewter. It was used for everyday meals, while...for display or ostentatious dining. Pewter pieces were also used for functional...
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Pewter to shine at antiques show
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 9/29/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...promised that some day we would fill it with pewter." His promise came true. And in the...they have filled not only that hutch with pewter, but also many other shelves and surfaces...to be among the foremost authorities on pewter and pewter collecting in the nation...
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Everything pewter at the tin playground
Newspaper article from: New Straits Times; 1/11/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...Straits Times 01-11-2005 Everything pewter at the tin playground Byline: Anis Ramli...Column: Heritage THE Royal Selangor pewter-making facility is part-museum, part...whole family. As a facility that makes pewter, you'd half expect Royal Selangor to...
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ALLOYED FORCE; PEWTER'S EASY MAINTENANCE AND VARIED LOOKS ARE HELPING THE METAL SHINE ON THE TABLE.(pewter tabletop products)
Magazine article from: HFN The Weekly Newspaper for the Home Furnishing Network; 2/9/2004; ; 700+ words
; NEW YORK-Pewter is not just for colonists anymore. What...Hills, Calif., which sells Italian pewter tabletop products from Match and Arte...brides. Almost every bridal registry has pewter on it now." This wasn't always the...
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Working in pewter, artisan shapes a new career
Newspaper article from: Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review; 12/10/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...Drive, Hopwood. Fleszar's journey into pewter-working began in 1970, his senior year...glass figurines sold in Lenox's shop had pewter accessories; for example, glass Wise Men had pewter crowns. When the Lenox plant decided to...
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pewter
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
pewter any of a number of ductile, silver-white...bismuth, and zinc can also be added. Pewter is shaped by casting, hammering, or lathe...Germany, shows intricate ornamentation. Pewter was early used in East Asia, and Roman...
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Pewter
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
PEWTER PEWTER. See Metalwork .
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Ice Cream
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Food and Culture
...of ice or well-packed snow. A large pewter basin was filled with coarsely broken...induces evaporation. Another smaller pewter basin was set into the salted ice. This...as quickly as possible to the cream. Pewter was the preferred metal of most ice cream...
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Scovill Fasteners Inc.
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
...Connecticut, where the company began making pewter buttons. During the course of the company...and 20th centuries, beginning with the pewter buttons worn by military personnel in...in 1811, the company made buttons with pewter, a material most likely obtained by melting...
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Decorative Arts
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
...country of origin (French porcelain, English furniture, German pewter, etc.). Since the 1970s, the field has been enriched by...comprised utilitarian objects (bronze, brass, iron, steel, pewter) as well as more decorative ones (gold, silver, gilt silver...
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