Busacca Gallery

This antique grape design ashtray is hand-hammered and art crafted all from one tin sheet. This is signed and Handmade by Brazil / Craftsman: Decorative tin ashtray and hand made in the arts and crafts stile. Made by a great artisan, in the ancient tradition of tin-making. constructed from a single sheet of high quality tin. Charming and highly decorative, it expresses simple, elegance -- a great accent piece to any home decor. Made by Brazil / Craftsman. CraftedNo cracks, chips or breaks. It has four hand made feet.

Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal

An alloy is a mixture of two or more elements in solid solution in which the major component is a metal. Most pure metals are either too soft, brittle or chemically reactive for practical use. Combining different ratios of metals as alloys modify the properties of pure metals to produce desirable characteristics. The aim of making alloys is generally to make them less brittle, harder, resistant to corrosion, or have a more desirable color and luster. Examples of alloys are steel (iron and carbon), brass (copper and zinc), bronze (copper and tin), and duralumin (aluminium and copper). Alloys specially designed for highly demanding applications, such as jet engines, may contain more than ten elements.