pewter ?

[gunslinger20]

Is there a way to tell the amount of tin in any given pewter item? I bought some pewter items at a local flee market, all are marked as being pewter but some items are easeier to bend than others.

[jsizemore]

How about some pics?

[gunslinger20]

I don knowif the pix is going to work, if not ill try again.
the plates say oneida pewter portugal lead free and it is really easy to bend.
candle holders say by american pewter midletown conn. 556
goblett looks like it says mulligan pewter made in ireland
vase says crescent pewter
Larry

[jsizemore]

All your hallmarks indicate pewter. Usually contains 94-96% tin. When I calculate it's addition to my alloy I treat it as 100%. As an example when adding 2% pewter, by weight, to 10 lbs of clip-on WW your talking about 3.2 ozs. or there abouts. So the .12 to .2 ozs of Cu and Sb added with the tin ain't much when your figureing your alloy composition.