A tin and lead alloy base white metal, usually a little grayish in color and commonly used in early twentieth century costume jewelry.
Any alloys which do not have gold, silver, or platinum as a component. Also called White Metal
A silvertone alloy of tin, cadmium, lead and zinc, also known as base metal or white metal.
A composite of cheap metals used for casting costume jewelry. Pot metal is also called white metal and is generally brittle, like metals used in a toy cap gun.
The medieval name for the molten glass "batch." It was heated in a large pot and metallic oxides were added for color.
Pot metal refers to an alloy of inexpensive, low-melting point metals used to make fast, inexpensive castings for toys, tool parts, phonograph and Gramophone components, and automotive parts and accessories. There is no scientific metallurgical standard for pot metal (which is a slang term), but it is also known as white metal, die-cast zinc and often derisively as monkey metal.