The mounting was white gold, I believe - some silvery metal that did not tarnish as plain silver would have.

A slender fellow-slender even in a floor-dragging black robe and an anonymous gray cloak caught with a plain silver pin-watched from the shadows of his deep cowl.

The setting was of plain silver, and worn smooth.

When the Vikings began to raid and settle the British Isles, they took to wearing these brooches, but now in plain silver.

There were linen place mats flanked by plain silver and shining glassware.

The tableware was simple as well, plain silver with sinuous curves- but jewel-encrusted gold would be vulgar, Kellen realized.

On top of an oaken chest is the Lord's great seal and some other pieces of plain silver.

The sail billowed silently before him, plain silver again.

It was an odd-looking pendant-a single, oval bloodstone set in plain silver.

Some wheat straw survived from padding between the plain silver bowls, which also bore faint traces of linen cloth.