Silver

Silver

silver is a metallic chemical element with the chemical symbol Ag and atomic number 47. Silver is a soft white lustrous transition metal.

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egg and dart

Metals; Silver

Form of decoration, used for mouldings and borders, of alternating arrow shaped and oval motifs.

dessert service

Metals; Silver

Matching cutlery and flatware specifically made for use whilst eating dessert. Often richly decorated and gilded to prevent fruit acid corroding the silver. 17th-19th centuries.

damascene

Metals; Silver

One metal inlaid for decoration (by hammering into scored grooves) with another.

The specific term for knives with blades made by specialist cutlers. Until the introduction of stainless steel in the mid-19th century, most knives were mounted with carbon steel blades often bearing ...