It is very interesting to me too that this elaborate kettle is made of pewter instead of silver. But in the old old days, pewter was very widely used as an everyday kind of affair. So, maybe this set was used in an everyday type setting.

However, I know the Germans and Italians have had longstanding histories working with pewter as well. And pewter nowadays is definitely not “the poor man’s silver” anymore – some can be just as expensive as silver…