Possible Clues:

• Seems dead inside, but it's only on the surface
• Word with gold or silver
• Only on the outside, dead in the inside
• Thinly coated with deposited metal
• Covered, as with metal
• Like some silverware
• Dead inside, but it's all only on the outside
• Given a metal coating
• Prepared for serving, as a fancy dish
• Coated with a thin layer of metal