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A German silver Bon Bon dish Held by a a sweet little Cherub and two feet.
Nickel silver, Maillechort, German silver,[1] Argentan,[1] new silver,[1] nickel brass,[2] albata,[3] alpacca,[4] is a copper alloywith nickel and often zinc. The usual formulation is 60% copper, 20% nickel and 20% zinc.[5] Nickel silver does not contain the element silver. It is named for its silvery appearance, which can make it attractive as a cheaper and more durable substitute. It is also well suited for being plated with silver. A naturally occurring ore composition in China was smelted into the alloy known as paktong or baitong (ē½é ) (“white copper” or cupronickel). The name “German Silver” refers to the artificial recreation of the natural ore composition by German metallurgists.[6][7][8] All modern, commercially important, nickel silvers (such as those standardized under ASTM B122) contain significant amounts of zinc and are sometimes considered a subset of brass.[9]
