pewter

n. alloy made from tin with smaller amounts of lead copper or brass

Pewter is a metal alloy, traditionally between 85 and 99 percent tin, with the remainder consisting of 1-15 percent  copper, acting as a hardener, with the addition of lead for the lower grades of pewter, which have a bluish tint. Traditionally, there were three grades of pewter: fine, for eatingware, with 96-99 percent tin, and 1-4 percent copper; trifle, also for eating and drinking utensils but duller in appearance, with 92 percent tin, 1-6 percent copper, and up to 4 percent lead; and lay or ley metal, not for eating or drinking utensils, which could contain up to 15 percent lead. Modern pewter mixes the tin and copper with antimony and/or bismuth rather than with lead.
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Noun
1. any of various alloys of tin with small amounts of other metals (especially lead)
(hypernym) alloy, metal

(n.)
Utensils or vessels made of pewter, as dishes, porringers, drinking vessels, tankards, pots.
  

(n.)
A hard, tough, but easily fusible, alloy, originally consisting of tin with a little lead, but afterwards modified by the addition of copper, antimony, or bismuth.
  

To dream of pewter, foretells straitened circumstances.

See Dishes.