Richard Lee

Production, Use and Disposal of Romano-british Pewter Tableware (Bar British) Richard Lee

This study considers the production and consumption of pewter, in particular pewter tableware in Roman Britain. It contains a catalogue of all known finds of pewter tableware, as well as all known pewter moulds and finds of production debris. Lee concludes that the main factor in determining levels of pewter production was access to tin - this was, for example extremely restricted until the 3rd century AD. From the context of finds, it seems that pewter tableware remained a high status item throughout the Roman period, and that finds tend to be associated with highly "Romanised" sites such as villas, and urban settings.