pewter

• “Reaper does everything on site, from sculpting the minis, to casting them in pewter, to sorting, packaging, and shipping out internet orders.”

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• “That has to be very cool to see your literary creations made corporeal in pewter (and then hand painted!).”

  Pick Your Pewter Poison

• “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

• “Dunn spent his first five seasons in pewter before a six-year stint with the Atlanta Falcons.”

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• “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

• “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

• “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

• “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 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.”

  Simon & Schuster: On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen

• “Pewter is a metal never seen for modern table furnishing, or domestic use in any form to-day; but in colonial times what was called a garnish of pewter, that is, a full set of pewter platters, plates, and dishes, was the pride of every good housekeeper, and also a favorite wedding gift.”

  Home Life in Colonial Days

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