Pewter or silver cantle is also carved on the sporran. Other ancient alloys include pewter, brass and pig iron. Salt cellars were early collectible as pieces of silver, pewter, glass, etc. They were Pewter metallic and Dark Copper metallic. Examples of alloys are steel, solder, brass, pewter, duralumin, bronze and amalgams. From most to least common, these colours are silver, bronze, smoke, black, caramel and blue/pewter. These figurines are mostly made of plastic and pewter. The statuette weighs 5 pounds and is composed of iron, pewter, zinc and gold. The switch from pewter tankards to glassware also led drinkers to prefer lighter beers. The term pewter covers a variety of alloys consisting primarily of tin. Tin is also a constituent of numerous alloys, including pewter. The boxes may be made of tin, which is less expensive than pewter. New replicas of medieval pewter objects were created, and collected for decoration. Later tin was also used in the production of pewter. All were finished in two-tone pewter and black with orange and red graphics.