The practical book of early American arts and crafts (1916)
Eberlein, Harold Donaldson, McClure, Abbot, Bainbridge, Mabel Foster · Philadelphia : Lippincott · leaf 267
n shape. Tliethird quality was called trifle, much used for commontankards and mugs, and was sometimes made withnearly forty per centum of lead. Ley-metal, lea, orlay was common pewter, or pewter below the prescribedstandard of purity. When antimony was used instead of lead, the alloywas harder and… … FxQ. 3. A, Fluid Lamp with single wick. B, Measure, Philadelphia made» earlynineteenth century. Frishmutb Collection, Pennsylvania Museum and School of In-dustrial Art. still smaller quantity of copper, is really pewter ofexcellent quality. The most expensive part of the pewterers outfit andthe…
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