silver plates

Fancy serving dishes

Silver plates are dishes, platters, or serving pieces made of or coated with silver.

The term refers either to solid silver tableware or, more commonly, to base metal covered with a thin layer of silver through plating.

The butler arranged the hors d'oeuvres on silver plates.

As a verb, to silver-plate is to coat an object with silver.

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plastic plates · disposable plates · earthenware · pottery · tin plates

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Single-use dining surfaces

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G