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
Six rows of lamps of silver gilt, twelve in each row, hang from the ceiling, and are kept perpetually burning.
From Visits To Monasteries in the Levant by Curzon, Robert
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer and Lib Dem leader Ed Davey were among the guests, facing elaborate table settings with six different wine glasses and a line-up of silver-gilt cutlery.
From BBC ● Nov. 21, 2023
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
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
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