Silver Bookmarks

This bookmark was made in the US by Gorham. It is marked with the manufacturers hallmark and Sterling. It is in the shape of a knife with hand chasing all over. It was also used as a letter opener. The date is 1875 - 1890.

This bookmark was made in the US by J.F. Fradley. It is marked on the back with sterling, the manufacturers hallmark of a cross, the number 6, and Mr. Snodgrass. This is a figure of the Dickens character Mr. Snodgrass, a shady character from the book "The Pickwick Papers" The date is 1890 - 1936.

This bookmark was made in the US by The Whitehead and Hoag Co. of Newark, NJ. It is a celluloid bookmark with a quote by Chas. Kingsley which reads "Be good sweet child and let who will be clever, Do noble things, not dream them all day long, And so make life, death and the vast forever, One grand sweet song." The top is a picture of a 4 leaf clover and it's flower. The date is 1905 - 1915.

This bookmark was made in the US by David C. Cook Publishing. It is a celluloid religious bookmark with two Roses, one yellow and one red on the top and a quote from the Bible of Exodus XX 2-17 the ten commandments. The date is 1905 - 1915.

This bookmark was made in the US by Parks Bros. & Rogers. It is marked with the manufacturers hallmark surrounded by the word sterling. The top is a figural flower. The date is 1900 - 1910.

This bookmark was made in the US by Unger Brothers. It is marked with the manufacturers hallmark. The top is a figural flower. It was the January flower in a set of 12 from the 1904 catalog.

This bookmark is made in Japan between 1890 - 1910. It is made of brass with a picture of a man holding a staff with a monkey on his back in relief on the smaller blade and an engraved flower on the larger blade. This is similar to number 164. The dealer said she found this with a collection of Japanese page turners that she purchased. This looks like smaller versions of them.

This bookmark was made in Sweden in 1952. It is marked NJ and B9 indicating 1952. It also has the Swedish import marks. The top is a figural flower of a rose.