Britannia

Example Sentences

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A £3,500 hand chased wine coaster in Britannia silver, designed by Edinburgh-based jewellers' Hamilton and Inches was purchased a week before Christmas in 2017.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

Outfits worn by the Spice Girls, including Mel B's leopard-print catsuit, are on display as part of a "Cool Britannia" exhibition in London.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

Within a few years the academy switched to a lighter tin-based alloy known as Britannia metal, plated in layers of copper, nickel silver and gold.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026

I reached my 1,000th game with West Brom in 2016, and it came against my former club Stoke at the Britannia Stadium, as it was then.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026

“I believe you they dread him. Not but what he’s artful, even in his defiance of them. No silver, sir. Britannia metal, every spoon.”

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens