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Plate Pewter: Tin with Antimony, Bismuth and Copper, Ure 1839
Gwynedd Archaeological Trust , Spencer Gavin Smith, 2014-10-13 14:38:17 (Wikimedia Commons) · CC BY-SA 2.0
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Plate Pewter: Tin with Antimony, Bismuth and Copper, Ure 1839

Pewter is mostly tin, made harder with a little of other metals. Andrew Ure (1839) gives the best English plate pewter, the hardest grade, used for plates and dishes, as 100 tin, 8 antimony, 2 bismuth and 2 copper: no lead, which he warns can poison vinegar and wine kept in cheaper pewter. The picture: a small pewter ingot recorded by the Portable Antiquities Scheme.
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Instructions

1

Weigh the charge

Weigh the four metals in Ure's proportions (see the notebook). Cut the copper into small pieces.

Materials for this step:

Tin IngotTin Ingot446 g
AntimonyAntimony36 g
BismuthBismuth9 g
Copper IngotCopper Ingot9 g

Tools needed:

Balance ScaleBalance Scale
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Melt the tin, then the rest

Melt the tin in a clay crucible over the charcoal fire. Stir in the antimony and bismuth, then the copper pieces, keeping the heat up and stirring until the copper has dissolved and the metal is one even liquid.

Materials for this step:

CharcoalCharcoal1 as required

Tools needed:

Clay Crucible - RefractoryClay Crucible - Refractory
Charcoal FurnaceCharcoal Furnace
Iron StirrerIron Stirrer
Crucible TongsCrucible Tongs
Heat-Resistant GlovesHeat-Resistant Gloves
Leather ApronLeather Apron
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Skim and pour

Skim off the dross and pour into a warmed ingot mould in one run.

Tools needed:

Ingot MouldIngot Mould
Crucible TongsCrucible Tongs
Heat-Resistant GlovesHeat-Resistant Gloves
Leather ApronLeather Apron
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Ure's plate pewter

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Materials

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