Pewter jewelry is a beautiful form of jewelry. Good quality pewter contains over 90% tin and contains no lead content. All of our jewelry is hand-cast and artisan-prepared for you. We use surgical steel pins and hardware for earrings and pins. Pewter jewelry can be polished to a fantastic shine or left to show the original color of the workings, both methods allow for two very different designs.

Most items of jewelry can be made from pewter. Below, you can find some fantastic examples of these pewter jewelry items.

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HISTORY OF THE RAMPANT LION

Attitude is the position in which the animal presents and includes the  positions of the feet, head, face and tail and additionally, facing direction.

DIRECTION:

DEXTER—facing left

SINISTER—facing right

(with respect to the bearer of a shield, standing behind it, rather than to the viewer)    

AFFRONTE—facing fully front

GUARDANT—head turned to face front

REGARDANT –head turned to face backward

POSITION: RAMPANT—3 feet up, 1 foot down

PASSANT—walking to viewer’s left with right foot raise

SEJANT—seated erect on haunches or forepaws raised

COUCHANT—lying down but with head raised

COURANT—running full-stride all legs in the air

DORMANT– lying down, head down, eyes closed as if sleeping

SALIENT—springing or leaping, forelegs up together, hind legs down together

STATANT—all four feet on the ground

Researched by Valerie Sheldon