PEWTER FOR DECORATION.

Otautau Standard and Wallace County Chronicle, Volume XXVII, Issue 1319, 19 May 1931, Page 2

PEWTER FOR DECORATION.

Although pewter, wifii its imoonlight glow/'isoldv, its appeal- Was the forerunner'"of Such intensely inodern'meta|s as steel, aluminium," "ahd plafinum, which nave found t^eir Way into our schemes for house and oup. settings of^precious stpnps (writes.an pvepse^s authority). ' For hundreds of years pewter -plaj^ porringers and castprs., as well av mugs and bowls, have been in u«t. They appegrgdin the kitchens of the' "seigneurie". ancUon the clfessefs and sideboards of lesißpr folk, For those who live in towns it is invaluable i as it scarcely ever tarnishes, and only needs to be polished with a good brass polish two or three times annually. The modern pewtei maker tells us emphaticallv never to use a silver polish on it, as this spoils its own particular character and appeal. • There is no hard and fast rule for < the composition of pewter. Sometimes ] Che older pieces are piacle of an allpy ] of { tin and Sometimes it is made of tin and copper, or of tin, copper t and antimony; ' _ : : 1