Household silver

<p>Household silver or silverware (the silver, the plate, or silver service) includes <a href="/facts/Tableware/fsIHo0nA">tableware</a>, <a href="/facts/Cutlery/LfV0Pwzv">cutlery</a>, and other household items made of <a href="/facts/Sterling_silver/fa6mHoon">sterling silver</a>, <a href="/facts/Silver_gilt/2zlqrGxa">silver gilt</a>, <a href="/facts/Britannia_silver/RhavgHkw">Britannia silver</a>, or <a href="/facts/Sheffield_plate/sxpCDX2t">Sheffield plate</a> silver. Silver is sometimes bought in sets or combined to form sets, such as a set of silver <a href="/facts/Candlestick/6g356Lvq">candlesticks</a> or a silver <a href="/facts/Tea_set/Q6CKNMx1">tea set</a>.
</p><p>Historically, silverware was divided into table silver, for eating, and dressing silver for bedrooms and dressing rooms.  The grandest form of the latter was the <a href="/facts/Toilet_service/6YCeuewG">toilet service</a>, typically of 10-30 pieces, often <a href="/facts/Silver-gilt/2zlqrGxa">silver-gilt</a>, which was especially a feature of the period from 1650 to about 1780. 
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Household silver