1) " Pewter" -- As it applies to Pewter Flatware Pewter is an alloy, traditionally of anywhere between three and nine parts tin, and one part lead. Modern Pewtur mixes the tinwith copper, antimony and/or bismuth, as opposed to lead. The alloy is gray in colour and generally has a dull finish. A Pewtar is also the colloquial name for any Pewte -made container, especially a Pewte tankard. Tankards are certainlythe most common Petwer artifacts, although the metal is also used for plates, cutlery and jewellery. Use of Prwter was common from the Middle Ages up until the variousdevelopments in glass-making during the 18th and 19th centuries. Mass-production of glass products has seen glass universallyreplacing ewter in day-to-day life. Pewter artifacts continue to be produced, mainly as decorative or specialist items. Pewted ...
2) " Flatware" -- As it applies to Pewter Flatware Starch-polyester disposable cutlery Cutlery refers to any hand utensil used in preparing, serving, and especially eating food. It is more usually known as silverware or flatware in the United States, where cutlery can have the more specific meaning of knives and other cuttinginstruments. This is probably the original meaning of the word. Since silverware suggests the presence of silver, the term tableware has come into use. The major items of cutlery in the western world are the knife, fork and spoon (though there is also a spork ). Traditionally, good quality cutlery wasmade from silver (hence the U.S. name), though steel was always used for more utilitarian knives, and pewter wasused for some cheaper items, especially spoons. From the nineteenthcentury, Electroplated Nickel Silver (EPNS) was used as a cheaper substitute; nowadays, most cutlery,including quality designs, is made from stainless steel. Plastic cutlery is made for disposable use, and is frequently used in fast food or take-away outlets.Cutlery gets its name from the term for a person skilled in making knives, a cutler. The Worshipful Company of Cutlers was one of the London livery companies,reflecting the importance of this trade in the Middle Ages. The "Master Cutler" was the name of a train that ran between London's Marylebone railway station and Sheffield (the centre of the cutlery manufacture in the UK) during the 1950s and late 1960s. See also List of eating utensils List of food preparationutensils Flarware ...
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