Pewter was the chief tableware until the making of porcelain.

Pewter was also used around East Asia.

" Pewter vessels were stolen away and hidden in the rocks, and it seemed that every person was intent upon filching and spoiling what he could.

While pewter is no longer the major industry it once was, the pewterers continue to support pewter craftsmen, particularly through events such as Pewter Live.

During this time, Brock's father, Flint ( Munō in the original, who was also Brock's predecessor as Gym Leader ), ran off again, and his brother Forrest ( Jirō in the original ) has taken the role of Gym Leader in Pewter City, as well as the responsibility of caring for his eight younger siblings.

Riversand, a new beige metallic colour, was also introduced in April 1999 as well as Mawson White, a brighter more pure white ( pictured right ), and Pewter, which replaced Silverleaf.

It was available in Black, Pewter, Daphne Blue and Orange.

The brand was then known as Selangor Pewter.

Clapton first used Gold Lace Sensors on three prototype signature models built by George Blanda-one was finished in Torino Red and the other two in Pewter Grey Metallic-in the " Prince Trust Live Aid ", " Live in Montreux " and " Eric Clapton and friends Live 1986 " DVDs from 1986.

The two Pewter guitars had been refitted with 22-fret necks made from birdseye and flame maple built by Texas luthier Michael Stevens two years later ( the flame neck was installed in February 1988 ; the birdseye neck went on the other guitar in early September of that year ), with the body of the latter refinished in Candy Green for a short time in 1989.

The " smoker's models " ( nicknamed for their cigarette holder placed on the back of the headstock ) would become the basis for the final production version ( which was initially offered in Torino Red, Candy Green and Pewter, followed by Black in 1991 and Olympic White in 1994 ) and were Clapton's main instruments of choice for live and studio use from 1988 to 1993.

* 1st millennium BC – Pewter beginning to be used in China and Egypt

The metal thread most commonly used for the embroidery is Pewter.

* Brock ( Takeshi ): Brock travelled around the Kanto region and the Johto region with Ash but between " Gotta Catch Ya Later " and " You Can Never Taillow ", he visited his Pokémon Gym in Pewter City.

His major creations were the serialised adventures of Colonel Pewter, which ran from 1952 to 1970, in England and Australia, and The Uriel Report Melbourne Age, early ' 80s.

The level of detail is often quite exquisite, and while more expensive than the typical plastic soldier, is much easier to work with and modify than White Metal or Pewter figures.

Pewter is a malleable metal alloy, traditionally 85 – 99 % tin, with the remainder consisting of copper, antimony, bismuth and ( sometimes, and less commonly today ) lead.

Pewter items are often found in churches.

Pewter artifacts continue to be produced, mainly as decorative or specialty items.

* Pewter ( Charcoal + Diffused ) are silvery lavender with very slight blotches as adults.

The dog collaborates with 2 fellow pet cats named Mrs. Murphy and Pewter and other animals in their Virginia community to assist postmistress " Harry " Hairisteen without her knowledge in solving murders.

File: Still Life with Pewter Jug 1645 Jan Jansz Treck. jpg | Jan Jansz.

The bas-relief football players on the trophy were originally sculpted in Azbro Wax by Massachusetts sculptor James Linehan for the company New England Pewter.

In the anime, Brock owns a Steelix that is kept at the Pewter Gym.

One of Mullingar's major exports are items of pewterware produced by the firm of Mullingar Pewter located near the town.

Engineering, Trend Technologies, Taconic International, and Mullingar Pewter which are all sizeable operations.

In the Pokémon video games, he is the Gym Leader of Pewter City and mainly uses Rock-type Pokémon.

As of the latest Japanese episode, Brock is at Pewter City to train to be a Pokémon Breeder.

Brock is the Gym Leader of Pewter City in the fictional region of Kanto.

Upon the conclusion of the Silver Conference, the three part ways, and Brock heads back to Pewter City.

Shortly thereafter, Ash battles Brock (), the leader of the Pewter City gym.

In Season 8, after Ash completes the Hoenn League and places in the Top 8, he returns home to Pallet Town, as do May and Max to Petalburg City and Brock to Pewter City.

But her prettiness was what he had noticed first, and all the other things had come afterward: cruelty, meanness, self-will.

There was an artificial lake just out of sight in the first stand of trees, fed by a half dozen springs that popped out of the ground above the hillside orchard.

The first part of the road was steep, but it leveled off after the second bend and curled gradually into the valley.

No one was behind it, but in the rear wall of the office I noticed, for the first time, a door which had been left partially open.

The herd was watered and then thrown onto a broad grass flat which was to be the first night's bedground.

Once again, Tom Horn was the first and most likely suspect, and he was brought in for questioning immediately.

For Matilda, it was the first she had known in many a night.

Even the knowledge that she was losing another boy, as a mother always does when a marriage is made, did not prevent her from having the first carefree, dreamless sleep that she had known since they dropped down the canyon and into Bear Valley, way, way back there when they were crossing those other mountains.

Stevens was grunting over the last empty pocket when Russ abruptly rose and lunged toward Carmer's hat, which had tumbled half-a-dozen feet away when he first fell.

The Indian's arm whipped sidewise -- there was a flash of amber and froth, the crash of the bottle shattering against the side of the first car.

It was her first smile.

At first, I thought he was out of his head, talking wildly like this.

Hell, I gave him the first decent job he ever had, six, seven -- how many years ago was it, Rob ''??

Miss Langford ( her first name was Evelyn ) was an attractive girl.

School began in August, the hottest part of the year, and for the first few days Miss Langford was very lenient with the children, letting them play a lot and the new ones sort of get acquainted with one another.

It was just as well that the ignorant Dandy enjoyed himself to the hilt that first evening, for the room was to become his prison cell.

`` Bastards '', he would say, `` all I did was put a beat to that Vivaldi stuff, and the first chair clobbered me ''!!

In 1961 the first important legislative victory of the Kennedy Administration came when the principle of national responsibility for local economic distress won out over a `` state's-responsibility '' proposal -- provision was made for payment for unemployment relief by nation-wide taxation rather than by a levy only on those states afflicted with manpower surplus.

The first systematic thinking about this Pandora's box within Pandora's boxes was done four years ago by Fred Ikle, a frail, meek-mannered Swiss-born sociologist.

The smell at first was more surprising than unpleasant.

His collaboration with Washington, begun when he was the general's aide during the Revolution, was resumed when he entered the first Cabinet as Secretary of the Treasury.