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Queen's metal

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Queen's Metal, an alloy of nine parts[1] tin and one each of antimony, lead, and bismuth, is intermediate in hardness between pewter and britannia metal. It was developed by English pewtersmiths in the 16th century;[2] the recipe was initially a secret and was reserved for pieces made for the English royal family.

References

  1. ^ Queen's Metal. The Nuttall Encyclopædia.
  2. ^ "Country Collectibles". RootsWeb. Winter 1999. p. 40. Archived from the original on 2002-05-14.

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Wood, James, ed. (1907). The Nuttall Encyclopædia. London and New York: Frederick Warne.

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