Alpaca spoon

[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

[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]

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]

Thank you so much, it makes sense!

Takashi