Help solve 18 year old mystery for serving platter

[Blue Hawk]

I have a metal serving platter I bought about 18 years ago in a thrift shop in the Phoenix area. It appears to have SW Spanish influence but have found nothing to determine the maker. The Mark is H. K. with the word "TIN" underneath the H.K. and the number 116 under the word"TIN". I don't know if it is pewter, nickel, ??? Hopefully someone on the forum can help me solve this mystery. Thanks.

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[Hose_dk]

I read the mark as HA
Tin http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tin

In sweden it would be written Tinn
In Norway they would write the same Tinn
In Denmark however we write Tin - probally they also do so in other countries.
But I think it looks scandinavian ? Or at least a northern european look.
You guess is Spain - why??

[Blue Hawk]

Hose_dk

Since I found the piece in Arizona, I was making a wild guess that the closest influence would have been Spanish. I had no idea where it would have come from otherwise. The origins you state certainly are a surprise to me and my wife as we have no expertise in silver made items. So I guess my next question would be; What is the main metallic composition? Where could/should I look next to find out more about it? Thanks for your response.

[Hose_dk]

It is made of tin - see my link
the english word i pewter.

[MLF]

This is a classic linguistic mine field: In Germanic languages, pewter is termed 'tin' or 'zinn'. In English, the word 'tin' specifically refers to the chemical element which constitutes the most of the pewter alloy (what in Danish would be 'blik').

So tin and pewter aren't synonymous per se.

[Hose_dk]

aha thanks I had a litle problem with the link myself. And that is the explanation.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pewter