Silver Bookmarks

This bookmark is made in the US by Webster Co. It is marked sterling on the back. The top has a picture of holly. Date is 1913 and was sold as a letter opener and as part of a novelty set.

This bookmark was made for All Nippon Airways by an unknown manufacturer. It is marked with the ANA logo and on the back the mark is a club (the kind on playing cards) and the word silver. Date is probably 1970 - 1980.

This bookmark was made in Sweden. It is marked JLH, the Swedish import marks and 830. The top is a figure of an owl. The date is 1920 - 1930.

This bookmark was made in Mexico. It is marked Alpaca Mexico and is not silver. The center blade is a right hand with a ring. Date is unknown.

This bookmark was made in New Mexico sometime in the 1940's. It is made of copper and has a hand painted covered wagon being pulled by two oxen.

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 Unger Bros. It is marked with the manufacturers mark of an intertwined U and B surrounded by Sterling 925 Fine. It is a figural of an Indian head with full feather head dress. The front is inscribed with the initials A.F.C. This is a very rare piece.

This bookmark was made in the US by an unknown manufacturer. It is probably not a bookmark at all but most likely a tie clip. It is marked sterling Victory Optical. It is in the shape of eye glasses. The date is 1960 - 1970.