enow.com Web Search

  1. Ads

    related to: pewter photo ornament

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Lunt Silversmiths - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunt_Silversmiths

    In 1902, George C. Lunt, an engraver in the A .F. Towle & Son company, bought the business and renamed it Rogers, Lunt and Bowlen Co. The company has remained in the Lunt family hands since the founding. [1] In 1935, the name was changed to Lunt Silversmiths. During World War II Lunt Silversmiths had a government contract to make yokes for ...

  3. Pewter - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pewter

    Pewter ( / ˈpjuːtər /) 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. Pewter has a low melting point, around 170–230 °C ...

  4. Worshipful Company of Pewterers - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/.../Worshipful_Company_of_Pewterers

    The Worshipful Company of Pewterers is one of the 111 Livery Companies of the City of London. It ranks 16th in the order of precedence of City Livery Companies and has existed since at least 1348. Like all the other City Livery Companies, the Worshipful Company of Pewterers has four main pillars of activity: Charitable endeavour, assistance to ...

  5. Royal Selangor - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Selangor

    The world's largest pewter tankard, recognized by the Guinness Book of Records, was made by Royal Selangor in 1985 to commemorate its centenary. Displayed at Royal Selangor headquarters in Setapak, it is 1.987 metres tall, weighs 1,557 kg and has a capacity of 2,796 litres. The giant tankard has travelled around the world to places such as ...

  6. English pewter - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Pewter

    English pewter. While the term pewter covers a range of tin -based alloys, the term English pewter has come to represent a strictly-controlled alloy, specified by BSEN611-1 and British Standard 5140, consisting mainly of tin (ideally 92%), with the balance made up of antimony and copper. Significantly, it is free of lead and nickel.

  7. Eagle, Globe, and Anchor - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagle,_Globe,_and_Anchor

    The Eagle, Globe, and Anchor (commonly referred to as an EGA) is the official emblem and insignia of the United States Marine Corps. [1] [2] The current emblem traces its roots in the designs and ornaments of the early Continental Marines as well as the United Kingdom 's Royal Marines. [citation needed] The present emblem, adopted in 1955 ...