Silver Bookmarks

This bookmark is from France. It has tiny french hallmarks on the top loop and another mark on the back. The top blade is an art nouveau design of lily-of-the-valley flowers. The date is circa 1900.

This bookmark was made in the US by Tiffany & Co. It is marked Tiffany & Co. Makers Sterling on the back. It is in the shape of the Female symbol of a circle and a cross. The date is 1960 - 1970.

This bookmark was made in Birmingham England in 1894 by the date mark. The manufacturer mark is too warn to make out. The handle is made of green marble.

This bookmark was made in the US by F.A. Hermann Co. It is marked sterling and has half of a hallmark on the top back. The top is an enamel pansy flower in purple and yellow.

This bookmark was made in the US by Gorham. It is hallmarked on the back with the Gorham mark of lion, anchor, G and the date letter M signifying 1880. The top blade has a fancy design which could possibly be letter for some organization and the date 1872 - 1897.

This bookmark was made in the US. It is marked sterling and has an unknown makers mark of either a reversed B and R or a three leaf clover. The top is a heart with an angel head in the center.

This bookmark was made in England. It is a piece of Tunbridge Ware. "Tunbridge ware is a form of decoratively inlaid woodwork characteristic of the spa town of Tunbridge Wells in Kent in the 18th and 19th centuries. The decoration typically comprises a mosaic of many very small pieces of different coloured woods that form a pictorial vignette. Shaped rods and slivers of wood were first carefully glued together, then cut into many thin slices of identical pictorial veneer with a fine saw. Elaborately striped and feathered bandings for framing were pre-formed in a similar fashion." The date is 1880 - 1900.

This bookmark was made in the US by an unknown manufacturer. It is marked sterling 1603 on the back. It is a large piece with an art nouveau design as the top blade. The date is 1900 - 1910.