Silver Bookmarks

This bookmark was made in Birmingham England. It is marked W.H.C. BCM/PRIAUR. The date mark is H indicating is was made in 1932. It is a kewpie doll on the top of the bookmark.

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 by an unknown manufacturer possibly in Finland. It has a shield of silver and red enamel with a figural lion. The top has a blue silk tassel. The date is 1920 - 1930.

This bookmark was made (most probably in England). It is marked WH.I and Sterling Silver. It is in the shape of a trowel with blue agate pieces in the handle.

This bookmark English made. It has a manufacturers mark of AN and a date mark of V. It is also marked 925. It is from 1995.

This bookmark was made in the US by F. F. Pulver Co. of Rochester, NY. It is a celluloid advertising bookmark for pens from the C. Howard Hunt Pen Co. of Camden, NJ. The back reads "These pens will neither scratch nor spurt the ink, the points being rounded by a secret process."

This bookmark was made in the a European country. It has two hallmarks on the back, one with LB or L8 and the other 875. The top has a figural owl. The date is 1936.

This bookmark was made in the US by Codding Bros & Heilborn between 1880 and 1890. It is marked C B & H Sterling on the back. The top is in the shape of a feather. This was probably used as a paper cutter as well as a bookmark.