An alloy of copper and zinc, resembling gold; a yellow metal, composed of about three ounces of zinc to a pound of copper. It is much used as an imitation of gold in the manufacture of cheap jewelry.
Made of pinchbeck; sham; cheap; spurious; unreal.
Christopher Pinchbeck, 1670-1732, was a London jeweler, watchmaker, and alchemist who invented a substitute for gold made from an alloy of copper and zinc.
"Imitation" gold originally invented by Christopher Pinchbeck in the 18th century using an alloy of copper and zinc.
an alloy of copper and zinc that is used in cheap jewelry to imitate gold
serving as an imitation or substitute; "pinchbeck heroism"
Is an alloy that looks like Gold. Pinchbeck was invented by the British watchmaker Christopher Pinchbeck and consists of 83% copper and 17% zinc. So they say. It has also been said that the formulae was lost with the death of Christopher Pinchbeck.
A type of imitation gold composed of an alloy of copper and zinc invented by Christopher Pinchbeck in the 18th century.
Pinchbeck (also known as "false gold") is a alloy of copper that looks like gold. Pinchbeck was invented by the British watchmaker Christopher Pinchbeck (1672-1732) in the early 18th century. Pinchbeck consists of 83% copper and 17% zinc. Ironically, there have been many imitations of Pinchbeck (which itself is an imitation).
Pinchbeck is a form of brass, an alloy of copper and zinc mixed in proportions so that it closely resembles gold in appearance. Invented in the 1700's by Christopher Pinchbeck, a London clockmaker, it was intended as a cheaper substitute for gold used in ornamentation. However in time it came to mean a cheap and tawdry imitation of gold.