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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">EX-10.2</font></b></p>



<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>



<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">AMENDMENT NO. 4 TO EMPLOYMENT</font></p>



<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">AGREEMENT</font></p>



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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">AMENDMENT NO. 4 dated April 11,

2002 to EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT dated as of August 16, 1991, between Syratech

Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;), and Melvin L. Levine (the

&#147;Executive&#148;).</font></p>



<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">WHEREAS, the Company and the

Executive are parties to an Employment Agreement dated as of August 16, 1991,

which was amended by Amendment No. 1 dated as of May 11, 1995, Amendment No. 2

dated as of January 31, 1997 and Amendment No. 3 dated as of April 16, 1997 (as

so amended, the &#147;Agreement&#148;), (capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined

herein shall have the meaning given to such terms in the Agreement);</font></p>



<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">WHEREAS, the

Company and the Executive have agreed to amend the provisions of the Agreement

relating to (i) the Executive&#146;s accrued paid time off, (ii) the Executive&#146;s

term of full&#173;time employment and (iii) certain other matters.</font></p>



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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">NOW, THEREFORE, in

consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, the

parties agree as follows:</font></p>



<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <u>Paid Time Off</u>.<u>  </u>The Company agrees that it

will pay the Executive, at the end of the Executive&#146;s term of full-time

employment, a lump sum, subject to appropriate withholding requirements, equal

to the Executive&#146;s then accrued paid time off pursuant to the Company&#146;s written

policy. The Company and the Executive agree that as of December 31, 2001, the

Executive had accrued an aggregate of 135 days of &#147;paid time off&#146; as defined in

the Company&#146;s written policy dated January 1, 2001.</font></p>



<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <u>Extension</u>.<u>  </u>Section 1.2 of the Agreement is

hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:</font></p>



<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 65.0pt;text-indent:30.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;1.2&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; The Executive&#146;s

term of full-time employment pursuant to this Agreement shall, unless otherwise

terminated pursuant to Section 4 of this Agreement, continue until April 16, 2003.

The Executive&#146;s term of advisory service (the &#147;Advisory Period&#148;) shall begin on

the day next following the last day of the Executive&#146;s term of full-time

employment in accordance with this Agreement and shall end on the third

anniversary of such day.&#148;</font></p>



<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>



<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <u>Base Salary</u>.<u>  </u>As of April 16, 2002, the

Executive&#146;s Base Salary shall be increased by the Company to Four Hundred

Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($415,000) per annum.</font></p>



<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <u>Annual Bonus Opportunity</u>.<u>  </u>The Executive

shall be eligible to participate in an annual incentive bonus program for the

Company&#146;s senior executives. The Executive&#146;s participation in such annual bonus

program shall be on terms similar to the participation of other senior

executives of the Company.</font></p>



<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <u>Options</u>.<u>  </u>The Company intends to adopt, as

soon as is practicable, a 2002 Stock Incentive Plan and in connection therewith

shall grant to the Executive options to purchase not</font></p>



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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">less than 75,000 shares of the

Company&#146;s Common Stock, $.01 par value per share, thereunder. Such options

shall have terms that are similar to the terms granted to other senior

executives of the Company.</font></p>



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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">6.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <u>Attorney&#146;s Fees</u>.<u>  </u>The Company agrees to

reimburse the Executive for his reasonable attorney&#146;s fees actually incurred in

connection with the negotiation of this Agreement in an amount not to exceed

$1,500.</font></p>



<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">7.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <u>Confirmation of Other Terms</u>.<u>  </u>In all other

respects, the provisions of the Agreement are hereby ratified, confirmed and

approved.</font></p>



<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">IN WITNESS

WHEREOF, the parties have duly executed this Amendment No. 4 to the Agreement

as of the date first written above.</font></p>



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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">SYRATECH

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  Harkins</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/&#160; Melvin L. Levine</font></p>

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