Since 1979, Salisbury has been handcrafting pewter in a small factory on Maryland's Eastern Shore, inspired by the work of early American silversmiths -- Paul Revere among them. Over 50 artisans spin flat sheets of metal into three-dimensional pieces by hand, a skill that takes years of apprenticeship to master. Every piece is made in the USA, engravable, and built to be passed down. Salisbury has been the official pewter supplier to the White House since the Reagan administration. On a registry, it's the heirloom from day one.
Salisbury was founded in 1979 on Maryland's Eastern Shore with a passion for the work of early American silversmiths -- Paul Revere, William Hollingshead, and the master craftsmen of the founding era who turned metal into objects worth keeping for generations. Many of Salisbury's pewter hollowware pieces are faithful reproductions of those historic forms, connecting every piece that leaves the Easton factory to the earliest tradition of American metalwork.
The work is genuinely handcrafted. Over 50 artisans in the Easton facility spin flat sheets of metal into three-dimensional masterpieces -- a skill called spinning that takes years of apprenticeship to master and cannot be replicated by machine. Trays, frames, jewelry boxes, tankards, bowls, and barware are shaped by hand, polished by hand, and engraved to order. The pewter is lead-free and made in the USA. The sterling silver pieces are produced entirely in Maryland. Even the cast aluminum line returns to Easton for hand-finishing before it leaves the facility.
Salisbury has been the trusted pewter supplier to the White House since the Reagan administration -- Republican and Democrat alike -- a relationship built on four decades of exceptional craft and quiet dedication. For the 2025 inauguration, they sent over 650 hand-engraved pieces to Washington. On a registry, Salisbury is the piece that starts a couple's heirloom collection -- the tray that holds keys by the front door for forty years, the bowl that becomes the one everyone fights over someday.