Pewter of the Bronze Age in the Near East. The earliest piece of pewter found is from an Egyptian tomb from 1450 BC. The constituents of pewter were first controlled in the 12th century by town guilds in France. By the 15th century, the Worshipful Company of Pewterers controlled pewter constituents in England. This company originally had two grades of pewter, but in the 16th century a third grade was added. The first type, known as "fine metal", was used for tableware. It consisted of tin with as much copper as it could absorb, which is about 1%. The second type,
Jim Pewter teen rating for his time slot. Pewter hosted an oldies rock show on KMET in Los Angeles, prior to becoming program director of K-EARTH in 1973 and P.D. of KRLA in 1983. He was voted Oldies Program Director of the Year in 1974 by the Billboard International Radio Programming Forum. In 1973, Pewter co-produced and co-hosted Dick Clark's 20 years of Rock 'N Roll Radio show, syndicated throughout 250 stations. He also wrote and co-produced a four-hour documentary, "The Beatles, Their Long and Winding Road", aired in California and later wrote, co-produced and hosted the six-hour radio special "Rock and