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<p>[QUOTE="Couch Potato Wannabe, post: 2992970, member: 14066"]Well, I can read the outer four characters but the inner ones I'd probably need a better lit photo which shows the contrast of the characters there a bit more. The outer four characters are about the metal content of the product.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]289083[/ATTACH] </p><p>It does not look like pewter to me, it appear to be tin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Tin ware with a tin content of more than 70%, the words "<font size="7">净点</font> = clean copper" or "<font size="7">净点包用</font> clean copper package use" are the outer marks. "clean copper" is to strengthen the strength of tin, and a small amount of copper is used. It is marked "clean copper" mean that the company does not use shoddy lead, brittle lead, etc. As for "package use", It means "all-you-can-use", usable for everything.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you wish, you could perform a lead test on the metal to see if there is lead present. As for the rest of the characters, I'd need a photo which is a bit more of a close up shot, very sharp focus and with a bit of side lighting to help highlight the edges of the characters for better identification.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Couch Potato Wannabe, post: 2992970, member: 14066"]Well, I can read the outer four characters but the inner ones I'd probably need a better lit photo which shows the contrast of the characters there a bit more. The outer four characters are about the metal content of the product. [ATTACH=full]289083[/ATTACH] It does not look like pewter to me, it appear to be tin. Tin ware with a tin content of more than 70%, the words "[SIZE=7]净点[/SIZE] = clean copper" or "[SIZE=7]净点包用[/SIZE] clean copper package use" are the outer marks. "clean copper" is to strengthen the strength of tin, and a small amount of copper is used. It is marked "clean copper" mean that the company does not use shoddy lead, brittle lead, etc. As for "package use", It means "all-you-can-use", usable for everything. If you wish, you could perform a lead test on the metal to see if there is lead present. As for the rest of the characters, I'd need a photo which is a bit more of a close up shot, very sharp focus and with a bit of side lighting to help highlight the edges of the characters for better identification.[SIZE=7][/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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