Don’t save the good stuff only for special occasions or relegate it to a cupboard. Display these stunning items to elevate the everyday.

To clean: Hand-wash with mild soap and dry with a cloth.
To polish: Buff away tarnish with a cloth and silver polish, such as Weiman Silver Polish.
To store: Immediately after washing, wrap in flannel treated with zinc, which prevents tarnish.

Your wedding photo deserves a home as special as Martha Stewart Collection’s beveled silver-plated frame (macys.com).

Even basic angel-food cake looks more heavenly upon Hoffmann’s silver-plated “Rundes Modell” server (neuegalerie.org).

Buccellati’s sterling-silver leaf dishes make chic paperweights or catchalls (212-308-2900 via MyRegistry.com).

Pottery Barn’s silver-plated box is engravable -- and perfect for storing watches or bracelets (from $30, potterybarn.com).

Acrylic handles add Art Deco flair to Kate Spade New York’s “Stanton Place” silver-plated cocktail tray ($125, lenox.com).

Reed & Barton’s pretty silver-plated ice bucket has a protective plastic liner ($250, gearys.com)

Keep beloved baubles on Christofle’s “Vertigo” silver-plated tray ($320, christofle.com).

Look like the ultimate hostess with this debonair Bergdorf Goodman vintage silver cocktail shaker in hand (bergdorfgoodman.com).

Filigree edges and delicate engravings give Reed & Barton’s “Gallery” tray #603” (brombergs.com) and “Gallery” tray #303 (berings.com) the air of valuable antiques.

Future special occasions become more momentous with Williams-Sonoma’s monogrammed “Holbrook” cake set (williams-sonoma.com).

It might seem impractically fancy, but Ercuis’s "Ancien three light candelabra" is actually dishwasher-safe (blisshome.com).

Once used on luxurious ocean liners in the 1930s, Ercuis’s "Transat" jug adds glamour to the contemporary home (blisshome.com).