Exquisite, luxurious tinware "Hitting tin," as tinsmithing is known among its Chinese practitioners, involves casting the basic pieces with stone, copper and iron molds; soldering on smaller hammered or cast pieces; and then finishing by polishing, carving or inlaying ornamentation.
精緻錫器富貴氣派錫器的製作，稱為「打錫」，它的方法大多以石模、銅模或鐵模灌鑄胎體，再將槌製或鑄製的配件焊接於胎體上，經打模、雕刻及鑲嵌等裝飾手續處理後即完成。