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• silver gilt
  silver gilt

  noun

  an ornamental coating of silver, silver leaf, or a silver-colored substance.
• silver-gilt
  silver-gilt

  noun

  silver covered with a thin film of gold

silver gilt

American  

noun

1. an ornamental coating of silver, silver leaf, or a silver-colored substance.

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silver-gilt British  

noun

1. silver covered with a thin film of gold

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Etymology

Origin of silver gilt

late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425

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It is worked in coloured silks with silver and silver gilt threads which, unlike other examples that survive from the period, still retain their vivid original hues.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2023

Two maces, made of silver gilt over oak and date from between 1660 and 1695, will also feature.

From Reuters ● May 5, 2023

The Fabergé cigar box, sporting a green and blue peacock, is made of silver gilt, enamel and gold, plus one sapphire.

From New York Times ● Mar. 2, 2023

Though widely unknown to most, the ornate 5-foot silver gilt mace carries deep significance to lawmakers and represents the authority of the British monarch in Parliament.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2018

One of them, which represented St. Nicholas, was very valuable, the material being embossed silver gilt.

From The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II by Leslie, Alexander, fl. 1879-1882

The silver-gilt spoon is the oldest piece in the regalia, probably made for Henry II or Richard I in the 12th century.

From Reuters ● May 5, 2023

Among the objects were two silver-gilt and Sèvres porcelain ice buckets commissioned by Napoleon Bonaparte and a silver-gilt lamp made for his mother.

From New York Times ● Oct. 21, 2022

His 19th-century silver-gilt dinner service alone was worth more than the average home in Pittsburgh.

From Salon ● Dec. 18, 2021

Wimbledon trophies Swedish tennis star Bjorn Borg sold five silver-gilt Wimbledon trophies – only to buy them back again.

From The Guardian ● May 27, 2015

He did so by finding out how much gold was needed to coat silver wire in order to obtain silver-gilt.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin