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Since we already know that the antique pewter items are great pewter collectables which can be used for home decoration and home design, it is important to know the meaning of the terms used whether we want to purchase them or add the articles to our pewter collection.

Our glossary contains definitions and terms in accordance with the American and British pewter. The glossary presented below contains terms used starting from the 17th century and until today:

• Dish – Term used to characterize a type of sadware (or flatware) having a diameter ranging between 11 and 18 inches (between 280 and 460 mm).
• Drum shape – Adjective used for describing the shape and form or a hollowware piece, commonly a teapot or neo-classic theme. In this way, the drum shape is used in case of a mug, flagon or tankard.
• Fake – Articles made with the purpose to deceive prospective customers or articles altered by various means with the intention to deceive by suggesting a greater age, significance or value.
• Flagon – A pewter item similar to a lidded container which is mostly used in churches in order to carry the wine during ceremonies and sacraments. The flagon can also be used domestically.
• Flat lid – Term used to describe the American tankard lid created in the 18th century but the pattern was established by the English people one century later.
• Flatware - Term used to describes a bog category where the following pewter articles were included: plates, dishes, chargers. Flatware was created in order to distinguish these pewter articles from hollowware. Nowadays, flatware has been replaced by the term “sadware”.
• Garnish – Set of flatware, or sadware, used at the table which usually contains a dozen from each size.
• Gill – Term used to describes the quarter of a pint.
• Guernsey measure – A specific measure used for antique pewter articles used in Guernsey and strongly influenced by Normandy pewter forms.
• Hallmarks – A type of pewterer’s marks designed by the maker of the antique pewter article and very useful when the origin of the antique pewter article must be determined. The hallmarks are similar in appearance (but not in essence) with the hall marks used by silversmiths.
• Hammer-man – A term used to describe the metalworkers, including the pewterers, located in the British Isles as well as continental Europe. This term was also used because the work practiced by the metalworkers involved using a hammer.
• Hollowware – Term used to describe pewter antique vessels created to hold liquids: mugs, flagons, tankards, etc. Hollowware and sadware are two categories which contain some of the most pewter items.
• Journey-man – The trained craftsman who used to work with the experienced and master pewterer.
• Knop – Term use to describe a knob or bulge placed on the chalice’s stem or the candlestick. The knop is used for its decorative purpose and provided ease in holding the antique pewter collectables.