Heavy Pewter
I bought a heavy metal candelabra , how can I identify the metal?
The tarnish is a smoky pink color on top of black, but not rust. I scrubbed a little of it off and it was silver underneath- With a lumpy (ish)apprearance- . At first I thought it was cast iron but it wouldnt be silver if it was. So my next guess is steel as it was purchased in the west midlands of the UK. Then I thought it might be pewter...I want to clean it with out damaging it and I dont know the first thing about metal identification.. any help would be much appreciated!
Quality light fittings are usually varying quality brass. If it's silvery lumpy metal, it's often called 'pot metal' or 'Spanish Brass', and is just a mix of cast scrap zinc and/or aluminium/alloys, often used on imported lighting and often gilded over in 'gold' to look like solid brass, or any other metal.
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