Tudric is a brand name for

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ware made by W. H. Haseler's of Birmingham for Liberty & Co. of London, the chief designer being Archibald Knox, together with

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, Oliver Baker and

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. The gold and silver ranges were known as Cymric (pro: Kumric). Liberty began producing Tudric in 1899, and continued to the 1930s. The designs use

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and

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styles, and remain popular with collectors. Tudric pewter differentiated from other pewters with better quality, it had higher content of silver. Pewter is traditionally known as "the poor man's silver".

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