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A pewter pin (also: nail tie or pewter belt) was an Alpine leather belt in the 18th century.
Up to 20 centimeters wide, with thousands of small Zinnnägeln ornate belt originally served as protection and were later through various patterns to jewel and a key part of the early Alpine costume . The manufacturing time can be set between 1700 and 1820 (dates on antique pieces). Today individual copies are exhibited in museums or homes. About 90 percent of the belts kept there are embroidered with quill pens, which replaced the pewter-pen technique around 1820.
The production of the pewter belts was stopped around 1810 because of the Napoleonic Wars , as tin and lead were needed for the production of bullets, which is why many belts were melted down.
There is no longer any tradition of manufacturing experience. For a long time the art of making belts had been forgotten.
In Kramsach in the Tyrolean Lower Inn Valley, as well as in Brixen (South Tyrol), attempts over many years have succeeded in reviving this old craftsmanship.
literature
- Belt, satchel, quill pen. Oberösterreichischer Landesverlag, 1974, ISBN 3-85214-121-4
- Lederhosen, belts, satchels. W. Ludwig Verlag, Pfaffenhofen 1986, ISBN 3-7787-3273-0
- Man belts. Erdl Verlag, Trostberg 1998, ISBN 3-925249-42-7
- The book of belts. Trachteninformationszentrum Benediktbeuern, 2008, ISBN 978-3-9808527-1-5