| 1. | The abbreviation "'EPBM "'on such items denotes " electroplated Britannia metal ".
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| 2. | The 8?pound statuettes are Britannia metal plated with gold.
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| 3. | Dixon was part owner of the Britannia metal manufacturing company James Dixon & Sons of Cornish Place.
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| 4. | Britannia metal is an alloy of tin, antimony and copper developed as a base metal for plating with silver.
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| 5. | In 1866, he joined the Britannia Metal Workers'Union and, after a few years, became its delegate to Sheffield Trades Council.
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| 6. | Born in Sheffield, Hobson completed an apprenticeship in metalworking, and worked until the 1890s with Britannia metal at Atkin Brothers.
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| 7. | Britannia metal was generally used as a cheaper alternative to electroplated nickel silver ( EPNS ) which is more durable.
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| 8. | Cast of Britannia metal ( a pewterlike alloy ), he's plated with copper, nickel, silver and a final coating of 24-karat gold.
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| 9. | It is a gabled house built in the 1850s for Thomas Fisher, a partner in the Britannia metal company of Shaw and Fisher.
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| 10. | Britannia metal was first produced in 1769 or 1770; it was created by James Vickers after purchasing the formula from a dying friend.
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