Chemistry:Queen's metal

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Queen's Metal, an alloy of nine parts[1] 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;[2] the recipe was initially a secret and was reserved for pieces made for the English royal family.

References

  1. ↑ Queen's Metal. https://www.fulltextarchive.com/page/The-Nuttall-Encyclopaedia41/. 
  2. ↑ "Country Collectibles". RootsWeb. Winter 1999. p. 40. Archived on 2002-05-14. Error: If you specify |archivedate=, you must also specify |archiveurl=. http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/NCBERTIE/2000-08/0966279527. 



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