Queen's metal
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[]
- ^ Queen's Metal. The Nuttall Encyclopædia.
- ^ "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. {{cite encyclopedia}}
: Missing or empty |title=
(help)
Categories:
- Alloy stubs
- Fusible alloys
- Tin alloys
- Lead alloys