Alpaca spoon

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Takashi
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Alpaca spoon

Post by Takashi »

Hi,

Lately I got an unearthed spoon in Italy. The spoon has a mark on the handle which writes "ALPACCA GP". I know what alpacca means but don't know what GP means. Does anyone have any ideas about this mark?

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Thank you,

Takashi
dognose
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Re: Alpaca spoon

Post by dognose »

Hi Takashi,

Welcome to the Forum.

Just to assure you we are not ignoring you, I think you have just got us beat with this one.

'GP' is likely to identify the actual maker and hopefully someone will come along with something more positive.

Trev.
Bill_in_Houston
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Re: Alpaca spoon

Post by Bill_in_Houston »

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickel_silver

Talks about the Chinese having a metal called Paktong. Eventually the Germans ended up making it themselves instead of trading it with China. Or that is what I gathered from the article, which is interesting reading btw. I was thinking the mark on your spoon was "German Paktong" or some variant.
Takashi
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Re: Alpaca spoon

Post by Takashi »

Thank you so much, it makes sense!

Takashi
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