. The pewter collector : a guide to English pewter with some reference to foreign work . PEWTER IN THE HOME 113 work of a simple kind, chiefly scroll-work. Sometimes thesetankards were partly inlaid as well. The interior was madewater-tight with pitch, and from this the tankards took thename of Pechkrilge. The modern German glass beer-tankard is often fittedwith a pewter lid, but the weight of the lid is generallycarried on an upright pewter pillar, which is clamped onthe upper side of a C-shaped handle. The metal employedis rather bright-looking and garish, and is frequently over-elaborately
. The pewter collector : a guide to English pewter with some reference to foreign work . PEWTER IN THE HOME 113 work of a simple kind, chiefly scroll-work. Sometimes thesetankards were partly inlaid as well. The interior was madewater-tight with pitch, and from this the tankards took thename of Pechkrilge. The modern German glass beer-tankard is often fittedwith a pewter lid, but the weight of the lid is generallycarried on an upright pewter pillar, which is clamped onthe upper side of a C-shaped handle. The metal employedis rather bright-looking and garish, and is frequently over-elaborately worked, and with the glass vessel the coloureffect is not satisfactory. The metal has the appearance oftype metal rather than of ordinary pewter, and the natureof the composition may be influenced by the supposednecessity to have the ornament very sharply cut and clearin every detail. In most western European countries pewter was largelyused for measures either for dry goods or for liquids, andfor use in scales where small goods wcie to be sold byweight, such as salt. Oil, wine, beer
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