Using thetraditionalelectrolysisrefiningtechnology, impuritiescontained in silver positive plate would affect the qualityof pure silverproductdirectlyorindirectly.
"Chrysler took a silverplate and gave it to them, " says Erkut Uludag, a partner in the Detroit office of Roland Berger Strategy Consultants, referring to the latest deal.
In exchange, each individual presenting a luxury item would receive a piece of engraved silverplate (typically in the form of cups, bowls and spoons), which because it came from the queen herself, had a "value" far beyond its intrinsic worth.