Plated articles require even more care than silver ones; they should
be cleaned with soft brushes, not too often, and never with any thing
but plate powder, not even whiting by itself; do not wet them more
than can be helped or they will tarnish; nor brush them more than is
necessary, or the silver will come off; the best thing for them is
spirit of wine or oil, and take care that no plated articles remain
long dirty or damp, for if they do they will rust, in case they are
plated on steel, and canker if plated on copper.
Wash the brushes after the plate is cleaned with warm water and soap,
and then set them to dry, with the wooden side uppermost.