pewterer
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of pewterer
1300–50; Middle English peuterer < Middle French peutrier. See pewter, -er 2
Example Sentences
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This particular bedpan was made by a New York pewterer named Frederick Bassett in the late 18th century.
From Time ● Aug. 26, 2015
The trade of pewterer was a very influential and respectable one in New England as well as Old England.
From Customs and Fashions in Old New England by Alice Morse Earle
Like many others in such conditions, the pewterer had eager desire to be thought a descendant of ancestry formerly of high lineage.
From Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 7 A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Lives of More Than 200 of the Most Prominent Personages in History by Charles F. (Charles Francis) Horne
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 John L. Cotter
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 Henry A. (Henry Augustin) Beers
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