All the same, let’s put those aside for a moment and focus on how you tell sterling silver from silverplate. We’ve covered some of this ground before but let’s go a little deeper this time.

At this time, the designation "Silver Plate" had already been informally adopted and then changed to a singular "Silverplate," in order to throw off intelligence operations conducted by the ...

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. – It was the lure of a 10-cent teaspoon — silverplate, no less — that attracted Martha Reuben to General Mills when she was a newlywed more than 50 years ago.