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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bluemoon, post: 256393, member: 1296&quot;]There are many 18th century candlesticks around that were once silver plated. They are usually made of heavy bronze or brass.</p><p>Bronze was probably relatively expensive back then, but what about the silverplating? Wouldn&#039;t well-off households have been able to afford solid silver candlesticks instead of resorting to plated ones?</p><p>So was silverplate generally for the middle classes or for all of them and at what point did it become the &quot;affordable option&quot;?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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