Queen's metal

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Queen's Metal, an alloy of nine parts 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; the recipe was initially a secret and was reserved for pieces made for the English royal family.

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• Country Collectibles, winter 1999, p.40 (quoted in RootsWeb, retrieved 19 July 2005).

This article incorporates text from the public domain 1907 edition of The Nuttall Encyclopædia.