HAMPSHIRE PEWTER PURCHASES LINDSAY CLAIRE DESIGNS

January 23, 2109 Hampshire Pewter signed papers acquiring the pewter division of Lindsay Claire Designs.  We are honored and excited to expand our offering of products to our Hampshire Pewter customers.  Keep an eye on our website as new products will be appearing.  We are also excited to welcome all of the Lindsay Claire Design's customers to our Hampshire Pewter family.  We look forward to working with you and helping your success, you now have access to more product as well.  

To all of our customers we want to let you know that we continue to be committed to the quality pewter pieces that you have come to rely on and also to the highest quality of customer service.  Please call us and let us know if there is anything that we can do to serve you. 

PERSONALIZE YOUR GIFTS

Are you always looking for that unique or thoughtful gift? Personalizing the gift or item is more often than not the way to do it.  You can personalize with someone's name, the event, the date, a thank you,  a logo or clip-art, or personal message.  Almost anything you can think of.  It just needs to speak from your heart to theirs.  You can also customize you own items for identification or branding.

 

TRAVEL ACCESSORIES

Summertime (and wintertime) is all about spending time relaxing and exploring with your family and friends. You may have planned trips to tropical beaches, lakeside campsites, family members across the country, and destinations abroad. Maybe you are a skier or snowboarder, maybe you enjoy winter mountain climbing.  The keys to having a safe and enjoyable time while travelling include having a plan, knowing some tips and tricks, and having the right accessories.  Hampshire Pewter and Laser Creations USA can help with some of these items, like bag tags for luggage, backpacks, tent bags, golf clubs, etc.  We also have sturdy oil lamps to take to the ski lodge for light, some heat and ambiance.  Finally, what could be better than an engraved picture frame for all those memorable pictures you take. 

PERSONALIZED GIFTS

Do you have a graduation to attend in the near-future? Are you tired of the limited options for graduation gifts? Looking for something unique and personal?  We have your solution--personalized and custom gifts! Hampshire Pewter specializes in personalizing gifts for all occasions! While "pewter" is in our name, that is by no means the only product that we offer!

JAMESTOWN CELEBRATES 400th ANNIVERSARY

Collette Celebrates 100 Years of Travel

Hampshire Pewter was commissioned to create a simply elegant pewter ornament for Collette travel group and their 100 Years of Travel Together. The front and back of this Christmas ornament features their 100th anniversary logo along with their years of operation, 1918-2018. We were happy to work with them on bringing their logo and ideas to life! 

The 12 Days of Christmas

The Eleven Pipers Piping Christmas Ornament is the newest ornament to hit our shelves! It is also the most recent addition to our 12 Days of Christmas ornament series. This finely detailed ornament depicts eleven men piping a tune, dressed in their coats, scarves, and hats. This scene comes straight out of the yuletide carol that we are all familiar with, and will look absolutely stunning on your Christmas tree! 

Madbury Celebrates 250th

The Town of Madbury 250th Anniversary commemorative ornament features the town offices building on the front, and a pair of oxen pulling a cart on the back.

Celebrate the school year with a custom ornament!

St. George's Independent School in Tennessee commissioned Hampshire Pewter in 2017 to create a fir tree that features their shield emblem and the year of commission.

Somersworth NH Celebrates 125th 

New this year is our LaserCreations USA line of wood ornaments available in natural birch and natural cedar! Started as a brainchild of our owners and employees, these unique and elegant wood ornaments will be sure to compliment your Christmas tree and add that extra special touch of personality!

The newborn birth plate is a great baby gift to add to your collection! You can engrave and customize it with the baby's birth information. The birth plate will greatly compliment our fine collection of personalized pewter baby gifts to help you commemorate the birth of your loved newborn for a long time to come!

The finely detailed ornament showcases the hummingbird stopping to take a drink of nectar.

Hampshire Pewter was commissioned to create a commemorative pewter ornament as part of the celebration of Immaculate Conception Parish's 50th year anniversary.

When organizers of the Concord, NH 250th Anniversary Celebration looked to create a commemorative coin, they could have chosen from any number of craftsmen across the state, country, or even beyond or our borders. Instead, they chose Hampshire Pewter.

We enjoy being a part of the Wolfeboro and Somersworth business communities and remain grateful to our loyal customers, wholesale partners and other supporters. Thank you. Here’s to continued success and a bright future! 

Custom logo pens or a logo coffee mug are great for the masses at trade shows, but gifts for key clients should reflect the value of your relationship. Pewter gifts are symbolic of integrity and class - a complement to the qualities of your company, and a lasting and meaningful way of showing your appreciation.

Early American pewter is noted for its simplicity of style. The difficulty and expense of obtaining molds resulted in a slower stylistic evolution than that of silver which did not require molds for its manufacture, though the general design trends in silver were eventually reflected in pewter. Because pewter was a far softer metal, a thicker construction was often used as a means of increasing durability. Further, pewter's basically utilitarian nature discouraged excessive ornamentation.

There is an exquisite sense of rustic ambiance in pewter collectibles.  They make for cozy dining.  A Christmas embellished with pewter ornaments balances out the twinkling lights and more colorful decorations perfectly.  Pewter candlesticks conjure up creativity and spirituality. 

So your preferred home styling and decor is rustic. If this is your dream for your home and a guide in the next home improvement project, then consider that job ‘almost done’. There are retailers and online resources that can help you take advantage of rustic home decor and styling, and bring this ‘old world touch’ into your home. 

Charms were not always worn; they were, at one time, spoken or sung. They historically referred to the blessing that a priest gives at the end of a service. But because of man's need for permanence, charms gradually took on physical forms, worn for their significance to the bearer or for the supposed blessing or fortune they bestow upon the wearer. Anything can be used as a charm. Over the centuries, however, some charms with universal meanings have come to be more well-worn than those with personal significance.

‘The 12 Days of Christmas’ sounds a jolly carol without hinting that it was actually a catechetical device written by the Jesuits in the 16th century as a means of (secret) instruction of the basic teachings of the Catholic faith. Outward, and even private worship, was banned under the reign of Henry VIII until Elizabeth I. It was not uncommon at the time for homes to be raided since priests used to secretly baptize a child or give a dying person the Last Rites. So the faithful, especially the children, who are learning Christian values are safe from persecution, ‘The 12 Days of Christmas’ was popularized.

Did you know that the bell-shaped cone at the end of a long handle that you use to put out your candles isn’t really a snuffer? Colloquially, we refer to anything that puts out candles now as a snuffer, but in fact the tool we know as a snuffer is actually an “extinguisher” or candle “douter.”

Pewter is commonly used to prepare ornaments and other jewelry items and is very popular with millions of people from across the globe. The main ingredient in pewter is tin, which is a very soft metal that makes jewelry made from pewter relatively soft as well. However they are easy to maintain and with little care can be made to last for several years.

Some of us might remember the late-night commercials for a Civil War chess set where all the pieces were made from pewter. The commercials were very well done professionally and gave the impression that pewter was truly a special material.