Context: The term pewter covers a variety of alloys consisting primarily of tin. As a pure metal, tin was much too soft to be used for any practical purpose. However, in the Bronze age, tin was a rare metal and, in many parts of Europe and the Mediterranean, was often valued higher than gold. To make jewelry, forks and spoons, or other objects from tin, it was usually alloyed with other metals to increase its strength and hardness. These metals were typically lead, antimony, bismuth or copper. These solutes sometimes were added individually in varying amounts, or added together, making a wide variety of things, ranging from practical items, like dishes, surgical tools, candlesticks or funnels, to decorative items such as ear rings and hair clips.

Question: Pewter is mostly made up of?
Answer: tin

Question: Why was tin was rarely used for everyday use?
Answer: too soft

Question: During the bronze age, which metal was valued higher than gold in Europe and the Mediterranean?
Answer: tin

Question: What was done to tin to make it stronger?
Answer: alloyed with other metals

Question: What metals were alloyed with tin to make it stronger?
Answer: lead, antimony, bismuth or copper

Question: What alloys consist primarily of lead?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What was tend to rare to be used for?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: Where was gold the highest valued metal during the Bronze Age? 
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What practical items were made from tin without solutes
Answer: Unanswerable