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Alpaca spoon
Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2017 7:55 am
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?
Thank you,
Takashi
Re: Alpaca spoon
Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2017 8:15 am
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.
Re: Alpaca spoon
Posted: Mon May 01, 2017 11:47 pm
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.
Re: Alpaca spoon
Posted: Fri May 05, 2017 6:05 am
by Takashi
Thank you so much, it makes sense!
Takashi