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	Silver plate is a cheaper manner of providing household goods, such as tableware, cutlery and candlesticks, rather than by using more expensive solid silver.&nbsp; It is produced by coating a metal with a thin layer of silver, silver plated bronze being considered of a higher quality than ordinary metal.&nbsp; However, unlike solid silver, it tends to wear with time and use.&nbsp; It developped with the invention of electroplating in the 1840s.</p>