German-silver

He edged round me into the room, peering about over his German-silver spectacles, and a sudden dread came into my mind that he might carry away something of my secret.

The Invisible Man Herbert George 2006

Neither Cypriano nor his companions knew what the Bible was, but they had relics in German-silver cases hung round their necks, to act as charms and save them from danger by land or by water, in the same way as the heathen have medicines.

Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa 2004

Born with at least a German-silver spoon in his mouth, he passed, after a normally eventful childhood, through a respectable public school, and spent several agreeable years at Cambridge without taking a degree.

The Ghost Ship Richard Middleton

This was a slight that no woman of spirit could endure; and though Mrs. Smith's teapot was German-silver, she resolved to let Mrs. Brown see that she had herself some real Britannia _mettle_ in her composition.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, October 23, 1841 Various

"Surprise," the tune being wrung out of a tarnished German-silver flute.

Golden Stories A Selection of the Best Fiction by the Foremost Writers Various

On the front shelf of the bar stood a large German-silver pitcher of water, and scattered about were ill-conditioned lamps, with wicks that always wanted picking, which burned red and smoked a good deal, and were apt to go out without any obvious cause, leaving strong reminiscences of the whale-fishery in the circumambient air.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 29, March, 1860 Various

The correspondence terminated here, the German-silver teapot remaining in

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, October 23, 1841 Various

Mrs. Smith's German-silver, to add respectability to her _soirée_, she wholly overlooked Mrs. Smith, who was _not_ invited to partake of the festivities.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, October 23, 1841 Various

Even that German-silver kind of fame, Notoriety, can scarcely be had here at a cheaper rate than a murder done in broad daylight of a Sunday; and the only sure way of having one's name known to the utmost corners of our empire is by achieving a continental _dis_repute.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 21, July, 1859 Various

German-silver wire has a much greater resistance than copper wire of the same size and length.

How Two Boys Made Their Own Electrical Apparatus Containing Complete Directions for Making All Kinds of Simple Apparatus for the Study of Elementary Electricity