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  2. Plated ware - Wikipedia

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    Plated tableware. Plated ware refers to articles chiefly intended for tableware consisting of a base metal or alloy covered by one of the precious metals, with the object of giving them the appearance of gold or silver. [1] Historically, the standard amount of precious metal used was an ounce of silver per square foot of surface area (2.8cL per ...

  3. R. Wallace & Sons - Wikipedia

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    The factory added to its products sterling goods and high-grade nickel-silver-plated ware, both flat and hollow. Still later, by experiment, Mr. Wallace devised a new process of manufacture from steel. It made a less bulky, firmer, and a lighter base for silver plating. Also in 1871, Wallace, his sons, and sons-in-law formed a new company.

  4. Old Sheffield Plate - Wikipedia

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    OSP Pair of table salts, the interiors gilded to prevent corrosion. 'Bleeding' of the copper can be seen on the rims. Old Sheffield Plate (or OSP) is the name generally given to the material developed by Thomas Boulsover in the 1740s, a fusion of copper and sterling silver [1] which could be made into a range of items normally made in solid silver. [2]

  5. Mildenhall Treasure - Wikipedia

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    The Great Dish, or Great Plate of Bacchus. The treasure consists of silver tableware of types current in the 4th century, and it was probably concealed at some time in that century. [8] Most of the objects are comparatively large, and all are of very high-quality workmanship.

  6. Britannia metal - Wikipedia

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    For the first few years, [2] [9] [10] they were gold-plated bronze, then later (perhaps starting in the 1930s, [11] [12] [13] 1945, [14] or 1982/1983; [15] [16] [17] different sources disagree), they were made of britannia metal plated with copper then nickel silver then gold, except for three years during WWII, from 1942 to 1945, during which ...

  7. James Dixon & Sons - Wikipedia

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    It was located first at Silver Street (1806), Cornish Place (1822) Sheffield. Their registered trade mark since 1879 was a Trumpet with a Banner hanging from it. Although registered in 1879, the "Trumpet with Banner" logo was used at times before registration and appears on some of their silver plate pieces.

  8. International Silver Company - Wikipedia

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    One of the most exhibited ISC design objects is the space-age looking urn designed by Eliel Saarinen (1934) for Wilcox Silver Plate Co. / International Silver Company. [7] The urn was exhibited in the exhibition St. Louis Modern (2015–16) [ 10 ] and Cranbrook Goes to the Movies: Films and Their Objects, 1925–1975 (2014–15). [ 11 ]

  9. Household silver - Wikipedia

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    Household silver or silverware (the silver, the plate, or silver service) includes tableware, cutlery, and other household items made of sterling silver, silver gilt, Britannia silver, or Sheffield plate silver. Silver is sometimes bought in sets or combined to form sets, such as a set of silver candlesticks or a silver tea set.

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