. American homes and gardens. An old Jewish pewter lamp owned by Mr. I. H. Caliga of Salem, Massachusetts domes or knobs or crests, and that moreelaborate moldings are of later date thanthe simple ones. The metal itself is of little or no intrinsicworth,—in fact, it is nothing more than analloy of tin and of lead and sometimes asprinkling of copper, antimony and back to its early history it is veiledin comparative obscurity. Used for house-hold utensils, it dates back to the middleages and beyond. In fact, it is an impossi-bility to go back far enough to ascertain theperiod whe
. American homes and gardens. An old Jewish pewter lamp owned by Mr. I. H. Caliga of Salem, Massachusetts domes or knobs or crests, and that moreelaborate moldings are of later date thanthe simple ones. The metal itself is of little or no intrinsicworth,—in fact, it is nothing more than analloy of tin and of lead and sometimes asprinkling of copper, antimony and back to its early history it is veiledin comparative obscurity. Used for house-hold utensils, it dates back to the middleages and beyond. In fact, it is an impossi-bility to go back far enough to ascertain theperiod when it was first used in China andJapan, for it is to those countries we arecompelled to return for the origin of many placing name and address which bore touch on any of their of the old industries, as those workmen excelled in thiswares. art as they did in everything that they undertook. All this confusion of pieces makes the collectors search One thing that we can vouch for is that pewter ware was. Old pewter from the collection of Mr. Nathaniel Spofford of Salem. The pewter measures to the right show the pint, half-pint and gill meas-ures. The pewter wine glasses are of a much later date, but of interest to collectors by reason of their rarity February, 1913 AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 57
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