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Roswell Gleason (April 6, 1799 – January 27, 1887) was an American manufacturer and entrepreneur who rose from apprentice tinsmith to owner of a large manufacturing concern that initially produced pewter objects for domestic and religious use, and later added Britannia ware and silver-plated goods to its catalog.
Pewter (/ ˈ p juː t ər /) is a malleable metal alloy consisting of tin (85–99%), antimony (approximately 5–10%), copper (2%), bismuth, and sometimes silver. [1] In the past, it was an alloy of tin and lead , but most modern pewter, in order to prevent lead poisoning , is not made with lead.
In 1980 Ral Partha licensed select designs to Rawcliffe Pewter a long-time producer of cast metal art. [2] The pewter versions of Ral Partha sculpts were typically bare-metal with a satin finish and decorated with glass jewels. In time, a division of the company called Partha Pewter was established to produce directly for the giftware market.
The Levant Company was an English chartered company formed in 1592. Elizabeth I of England approved its initial charter on 11 September 1592 when the Venice Company (1583) and the Turkey Company (1581) merged, because their charters had expired, as she was eager to maintain trade and political alliances with the Ottoman Empire. [1]
Contemporary pewter should just be a paragraph or two in an article that is mostly about pewter with significant lead content. Dismissing normal pewter as "ancient" is misleading, since lead-hardened pewter was produced well into the modern era. 2603:6011:C802:FD99:715E:58F6:5606:C7B4 02:51, 19 December 2023 (UTC)
Britannia metal (also called britannium, Britannia ware, [1] or Vickers White Metal [2]) is a specific type of pewter alloy, favoured for its silvery appearance and smooth surface. The composition by weight is typically about 92–93% tin , 5–6% antimony , and 2% copper .
Medals were awarded in four colors: gold (first), silver (second), bronze (third), and pewter (fourth) in four disciplines – men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing – across three levels: senior, junior, and novice. The event was also used to determine the U.S. teams for the 1993 World Championships.
Richard Perceval Graves (born 21 December 1945) is an English biographer, poet and lecturer, best known for his three-volume biography of his uncle Robert Graves. [1]