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Examples of pewter
pewter
You can make a simple arrangement stand out just by placing it in a pewter vase.
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Brown chose a Sikkens pewter paint, but took all the golds and browns out of it.
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The coat color of these foals appears a dilute lavender, silver, pink or pewter.
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They include Nativity sets, wrapping paper, Bob Guge birds and Salisbury pewter.
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Browns won't complement your hair or skin so opt for pewter or charcoal instead.
From the express.co.uk
Stamped pewter labels get a rough coat of black ink to give them an antique look.
From the thenewstribune.com
The black and pewter-cased Zen isn't bad looking, but it could be more intuitive.
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A pewter mirror hangs above another side table that displays a metal sculpture.
From the courier-journal.com
I love working with crystals, sterling and aluminum, but pewter is my favorite.
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- Any of various alloys of tin with small amounts of other metals (especially lead)
- Pewter is a malleable metal alloy, traditionally 85-99% tin, with the remainder consisting of copper, antimony, bismuth and lead. Copper and antimony act as hardeners while lead is common in the lower grades of pewter, which have a bluish tint. ...
- To dream of pewter, foretells straitened circumstances. See Dishes.
- A soft greyish-colored alloy having tin as its chief.component. Originally used as an alternative to sterling prior to the invention of silverplate.
- An alloy of tin. Originally with up to one-fifth lead, but later bismuth and copper were substituted for lead.
- Pewter items are described and marked as such if they contain at least 90% tin. Also, a somewhat dull silver-colored alloy of tin, antimony, and copper.
- A very soft, gray white metal alloy made of tin, antimony and copper used in the manufacture of engravable items such as tankards, cups and bowls. Pewter (pre 1800) originally contained lead and was unsafe for use in food serving vessels. Modern pewter is known as Britannia.
- Tin-base white metal containing antimony and copper; 1 to 8% Sb and 0.25 to 3% Cu.
- A term for a hardware finish; a non-shiny gray color, called US15A by the door industry.
