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Real Pewter!

The metal used in the manufacture of all Alchemy's pewter products is the highest grade "English Pewter". Some manufacturers misleadingly use the term ‘pewter’ to describe alloys containing lead. This results in inferior, more easily made products which are heavier, softer and of a darker colour and are much more prone to tarnishing and disfigurement.

English Pewter is the finest grade of pewter, (to BS EN 611-1:1995 standard). Traditionally, pewter was a mixture of lead and tin, but today, English Pewter is a rich, high-grade alloy of 92% tin with copper, (plus a few legitimate trace elements), and is regarded as a 'semi-precious' metal valued second only to silver. For jewellery and accessories this is the safest tin-based alloy in use and is fully lead, cadmium & nickel compliant to California Proposition 65 for total lead & cadmium content, Commission Regulation (EU) 494/2011(REACH) for lead & cadmium and European standard BS EN 1811:2011 for nickel. English Pewter is very much harder to craft than zinc alloys and the old and primitive forms of pewter, which contain significant amounts of toxic impurities which ease production, however, please beware as these poor alloys are still used by many manufacturers around the world today.

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EU General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR) Information

To comply with the EU GPSR regulations we are publishing the following details for your information:

  • Registered Trade Mark: 'Alchemy'
     
  • GB Head Office & Manufacturing:
         The Alchemy Carta Ltd.
         Unit 43, Faircharm trading Estate,
         Evelyn Drive.
         Leicester. LE3 2BU. Great Britain.
     
  • EU Responsible Person:
         The Alchemy Carta Ltd, C/O
         Outer Vision SL, Avda Paisos Catalanes 168
         17457 Riudellots de la Selva, Girona,
         Espana, EU.
     
  • EU Contact Email address: eu@alchemygroup.com
     
  • Labelling: All products are labelled to include the required GPSR information.

Please contact us if you require any further information concerning GSPR.

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Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive (WEEE)

Some of our products include electronic components. Care should be taken to dispose of these in an environmentally friendly way when they reach the end of their useful life. For more information please visit : http://www.recyclenow.com/ .

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Registered Address:
   Alchemy Carta Ltd.
   St Mary's Mill
   Unit 43,  Faircharm Trading Estate
   Evelyn Drive
   Leicester
   LE3 2BU