Historical Examples

• They are enclosed in a shrine of silver-gilt, of the workmanship of the ninth century.

  Down the Rhine

  Oliver Optic

• "Some of it gold, some silver, a good deal of it silver-gilt," I replied.

  Ravensdene Court

  J. S. (Joseph Smith) Fletcher

• Where is the silver plate—the wassail bowls and our silver-gilt chargers?

  The Young Cavalier

  Percy F. Westerman

• The crosier is of silver-gilt, and weighs about seven or eight pounds.

  The Archaeology and Prehistoric Annals of Scotland

  Daniel Wilson

• The hilt is of wood, plated with silver; the pommel is of iron, and is plated with silver-gilt.

  Spanish Arms and Armour

  Albert F. Calvert