Royal Selangor Pewter

We did a stop for a short English tour of the history, manufacturing Centre and show room of Royal Selangor, one of the world's largest manufacturers of pewter. KL was the site of a large tin mining operation in the 1800s; pewter is 91% tin, 7.5% antimony and 1.5% copper. It was worth the stop and we had a lunch break. This company was founded in 1885 by a Chinese immigrant, Yong Koon and went on to become an industrial giant. There is a guided tour of the factory about tin mining, the nature of pewter and the tools and methods used to turn pewter into products. There is a pewter museum on site with Yong Koon’s original tools and some of his personal items and pewter pieces he made himself. Outside is the world’s largest pewter tankard.Read more