Draft:Amos Pewter

• Comment: Please ensure you declare any conflict of interest on your user page. Deb (talk) 09:03, 5 November 2023 (UTC)

• Comment: Hello! I have a few comments about this draft, as there are some improvements that I think could be made. (On one hand, I could possibly go in and make all the changes myself, but where's the learning in that? 😅) The content and the wording looks pretty good for the most part, but there are some WP:NPOV issues that should be addressed, which I'll get to here.
  When it comes to the decision of "Does this subject warrant an article", there are a few different guidelines we use. The "main" guideline / assessment that gets used is that of Notability; in other words, the subject should be notable in order to deserve an article.
  Now, even though it's established that notability is key to having an article, we try to avoid labeling the subject as such. Talking about the subject such as "The company is most notable for its line of..." is considered to be biased, even if the second half of the statement is true. "Notable" happens to fall on our list of WP:PEACOCK words to avoid.
  It's obviously not an end-all-be-all, and it's small enough that it's likely simple to fix, but this is just a tip for the future moving forward!
  Another example I would change is this: "Amos Pewter decided to donate all..." Using the word "decided" is pretty editorial and often goes against WP:NPOV. All claims made should be backed by reliable, secondary sources, and it's near impossible to find a source that isn't primary that can support what he "decided" to do. While it's probably true, Wikipedia holds information that is verifiable, but not guaranteed truth.
  This all being said, the easy solution to this would be to swap out "[Pewter] decided to donate" and instead say "[Pewter] donated", as well as include a reference that makes note of the fact that he donated. These are both relatively minor fixes, so feel free to ping me when this is taken care of and I'll hop to reviewing this ASAP!
  (P.S., this isn't a concern for right now but maybe for later, as I haven't yet conducted a deep-dive of the sources. But, the three ~ four references that I clicked on only provided passing mentions of Amos Pewter, and nothing I've read yet had significant coverage of Pewter. I think some of the sources do have significant coverage, so whenever you get the chance, could you let me know what the top three sources you've included are that best demonstrate the subject's notability?) Thank you! And good luck with the authoring of this draft! Utopes _{(talk / cont)} 06:02, 17 September 2023 (UTC)

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Amos Pewter

Company type	pewter-based production
Founded	1974 (1974)
Headquarters	Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia
Key people	Gregory Amos (founder) Suzanne Amos (co-founder) Don Sheehan (current owner) Lynn Sheehan (co-owner)
Website	amospewter.com

Amos Pewter is a Nova Scotia-based company best-known for using pewter ingots in the manufacture of artisan jewellery, Christmas ornaments, cheese boards, miniature animal figurines and other household items. The main headquarters of the company are located in Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia, while the company itself has expanded to include locations at the Halifax Waterfront, Peggy's Cove, and a location in the province of Prince Edward Island. The company is known for its line of holiday tree ornaments going back to the early 1970s, and for being one of the few local Canadian companies to still produce these (alongside competitor Seagull Pewter).

History

Amos Pewter's namesake comes from original founders Gregory and Suzanne Amos, a married couple who apprenticed in pewter-crafting with Martin Aitkins of Aitkins Pewter. Gregory and Suzanne founded Amos Pewter in 1974, and in 2006, it was bought by Don and Lynn Sheehan when the Amoses retired. The Mahone Bay location resides in a turquoise-painted boatbuilding house established in 1888, which the Amoses purchased for their company in 1974.

Amos Pewter was the first member of the International Economusee Network, an organization showcasing traditional trades and skills, and is also the only pewter Economusee in Canada. As a result, most Amos Pewter locations feature a space for manufacturing pewter items while visitors watch the process. Sales associates at these locations are trained in general operations of the pewter-molding equipment for the sake of tourism, although the sold products are generally manufactured only in Mahone Bay by trained artisans. Amos Pewter received the Mahone Bay Founder's Society Heritage Award in 2014, which, according to volunteer Sherry Hobson, was largely to do with the company's historic status, preservation of handcrafting, and its care of the original building. Amos Pewter is involved with coastal preservation, nature conservation, preservation of rural Nova Scotia and awareness of ecological action via Gregory and Suzanne Amos, who were donors of the month for Nova Scotia Nature Trust in 2022 and used Amos Pewter as a vessel for various charitable endeavours. The Retail Council of Canada named Amos Pewter the 2014 Independent Retail Ambassador of the Year. The award itself was presented to owner Don Sheehan in 2014 and sponsored by Chase Paymentech Solutions.

Amos Pewter opened its Halifax Waterfront location in 2010. In the 2010s, Amos Pewter had a location at the Halifax Stanfield Airport. The location later closed down during the COVID-19 pandemic. Amos Pewter's work with the IWK Auxiliary, a group raising funds for the IWK Health Centre children's hospital, was also negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, although Amos Pewter was able to continue to raise funds by releasing a "Hug Charm" (a pewter trinket shaped like a heart with arms hugging it) in its store, with proceeds going to the hospital. In 2020, after the 2020 Nova Scotia attacks, Amos Pewter donated the monetary proceeds of its "Nova Scotia Crest" Christmas ornament, as well as necklace jewellery, to support families affected by the shooting. Amos Pewter later also partnered with East Coast Lifestyle to release a necklace to raise proceeds for the Nova Scotia Remembers Legacy fund.