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Pewterer

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Pew´ter`er
n.1.One whose occupation is to make utensils of pewter; a pewtersmith.


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As early as 1769, the Stockton pewterer, Edmund Harvey, had advocated canalising the Tees between Thomas Hustler's Newport granary/warehouse and Stockton, by "beheading" the two loops at their isthmuses, thus shortening the sailing distance by four miles.
Between 1755 and 1860, 18 members of the Danforth family worked as pewterers.
The Worshipful Company of Pewterers, the ancient guild based in the City of London, has been trying to improve the public's perception of the metal.
 
 
 
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