Holloware (or hollowware) is a term that refers to table service items such as sugar bowls, creamers, coffee pots, teapots, soup tureens, hot foo covers, water pitchers, platters, butter pat plates and other metal items that went with the china on a dining car table. It does not include flatware. Holloware was constructed to last a long time. It differs from some other silverplated items in being made with thicker walls and more layers of silverplate.