Alfenide

Alfénide is a less common name for a material that is an alloy of nickel , copper and zinc . From this, profane and sacred equipment , coins , plates and the like made. Often the products are subsequently electroplated silver . At the beginning of the 20th century, there were numerous manufactories in Berlin, among others, that offered Alfenide goods . But the Kayserzinn company in Cologne also offered Alfenidewaaren (sic!). The first products with this designation came onto the market from 1888 by the French Alfénide foundry Christofle . It's another trademark for alpaca .

See also

• Nickel silver

literature

• Carl Bischoff: The copper and its alloys. Published by Julius Springer, Berlin 1865.

Web links

Wiktionary: Alfenid  - explanations of meanings, word origins , synonyms, translations

• Kulturgut IV p. 4 (accessed on August 15, 2019)

swell

• Alfenide: Wiktionary (English)
• Retailers and traders in Berlin> Alfenide goods . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1910, IV, p. 3.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ MARKS OF EUROPEAN SILVER PLATE: VII. GALLIA, ALFENIDE / CHRISTOFLE, FRANCE