THESE ARE PATTERNS OF HOTEL SILVER PLATED FLATWARE USED IN VARIOUS HOTELS THROUGH OUT THE COUNTRY.   THESE SETS ARE AVAILABLE IN 5 PIECE SETTINGS ONLY  - SERVING PIECES ARE  NOT AVAILABLE.

Hotel silver is silver plate. However most of these patterns were made especially for certain hotels. It is usually made of a nickel silver base. Nickel silver itself contains no silver. But it was then heavily plated with pure silver. It is usually more substantial in weight & more durable than your everyday silver plate.