Berkshire-pattern serving and eating utensils are promoted to retailers in The Silver Standard.
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Source: Meriden Britannia Co., Meriden (International Silver Co., successor); The Silver Standard, special edition containing volumes II and III; Winterthur Museum Library; Internet Archive
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gT 1&4T R.OGERS BKOS SILVEFL. PLATE THAT WEARS 1 Patterns come and go. The popularity of some is very fleeting. The "Berkshire" has proved the exception to the rule. The demand for this design has been phenomenal. It has increased rather than diminished. Artistic and graceful, it has not made the mistake of being too "fancy." It is, above all, the one pattern no dealer should be without. Supplied to retailers by all leading jobbers
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Silent Grounds Collective, Meriden Britannia Company, SGC-MBR-007, MBR-006, “The Berkshire pattern.” Source: Meriden Britannia Co., Meriden (International Silver Co., successor); The Silver Standard, special edition containing volumes II and III; Winterthur Museum Library; Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/silverstandardpe00meri/page/n11/mode/1up. Research edition, accessed 2026-09-08.