pewterer

American  

[pyoo-ter-er] / ˈpyu tər ər /

noun

1. a maker of pewter utensils or containers.

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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

Tin is the principal ingredient in the composition of pewter, the other ingredients being lead, zinc, bismuth, and copper; each pewterer having his peculiar receipt.

From Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry by Priestley, Joseph

And Chatterton indulged in a fit of laughter, probably remembering how easily the honest pewterer had been gulled by the story of his noble ancestry, for which he had given him a crown piece.

From Bristol Bells A Story of the Eighteenth Century by Marshall, Emma

Mr. Burgham, the pewterer, is credulous, and, from some whimsical caprice in his nature, is attached to heraldic honours.

From Reminiscences of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey by Cottle, Joseph

The third son would, like Roger Stephen, be bound to a pewterer or watchmaker, the fourth to a mercer, and so on in a descending scale.

From Two Sides of the Face Midwinter Tales by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir