Alpacca 90 Vintage Cake Lifter Enamelware

Alpacca 90 Vintage Cake Lifter EnamelwareThe Alpacca Alloy is the basic material for 90g silver plated items which was invented by Berndorf more than 160 years ago. Alpacca has the same specific weight as genuine silver and looks virtually the same also, but is not silver. Alpacca pieces are generally South American in origin. This item is an Alpacca cake lifter decorated with an embossed floral patterning within a band along the handle and blade. The item is handle stamped Alpacca 90

All the items are cream in colour with beautiful bright pink roses and rose buds decorating each piece and lavish gold trim on the rims of each item

The firm has very limited information available but they also used the trade name “Valiant Plate” and appear to have been purchased or taken over by Pinder Bros

A faceted linear motif beneath depressed circular designs

France and Australia

Across the 1960s and 1970s they produced a wonderful range of floral and abstract designs relevant to both eras

The old Pekin pattern was one of the more popular designs released by J&G Meakin under their Royal Staffordshire trade name

The item is stamped Viners Stainless Steel Empire

Creamer height of spout: 11 cm

Considering the age of this bowl

Silvawyte is the trade name first used in Sheffield manufactured nickel silver cutlery

Spout to handle: 14

Cereal bowl height: 5 cm