I had run out of pewter ingots so I dropped into one of the local charity shops and was able to purchase the couple of items below. After a morning of crushing (hammer and anvil), cutting (guillotine), melting (electric furnace) and pouring (graphite moulds) I now have the stash of metal above.
Items before crushing.
Crushed on the anvil with a heavy copper hammer.
Cut with workbench guillotine - I'm glad it has good jaws and a long handle.
The amount of metal out of the mug.
Metal out of the goblet.
Detritus after the melt.
And a couple of images of what the metal might become.
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