pewterer

American  

[pyoo-ter-er] / ˈpyu tər ər /

noun

1. a maker of pewter utensils or containers.

---

Etymology

Origin of pewterer

1300–50; Middle English peuterer < Middle French peutrier. See pewter, -er ²

Example Sentences

This particular bedpan was made by a New York pewterer named Frederick Bassett in the late 18th century.

From Time • Aug. 26, 2015

The ennobled pewterer rewarded Chatterton with five shillings, and was satirized for this valuation of a noble pedigree in some of Chatterton’s latest verse.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" by Various

One of these, "The Tournament," described a joust in which figured one Sir Johan de Berghamme, a presumable ancestor of the gratified pewterer.

From A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century by Beers, Henry A. (Henry Augustin)

Chatterton's earliest idea seems to have been how to deceive; and, were it possible to laugh at youthful fraud, there would be something irresistibly ludicrous in the lad bewildering the old pewterer, Burgum.

From The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851 by Various

This is the sole surviving “touch” or mark of an American pewterer of the 17th century.

From New Discoveries at Jamestown Site of the First Successful English Settlement in America by Cotter, John L.