Silver Bookmarks

This is an American made bookmark. The manufacturer is Gorham. It is marked with the manufacturers hallmark, Sterling and the catalog number 39. The top has an acorn design. It's nicely detailed. It is from the Autumn 1888 Gorham Catalog (although the date mark on this particular bookmark is from 1890). It is one of 33 different bookmarks offered that year.

This bookmark was made in the US by G. H. French and Co. between 1920 and 1930. It is marked sterling and the manufacturers hallmark on the back. The top is an Arts and Crafts flower design.

This bookmark was made in the US by an unknown manufacturer. It is marked sterling. The top is a figural elephant, walking with trunk upturned. The date is 1930 - 1950.

This bookmark was made in the US by Whiting Manufacturing Co. It is marked with the the makers hallmark, sterling and 112. The top blade is a flower and a leaf. The date is 1900 - 1910.

This bookmark is made in the US by an unknown manufacturer. It is marked sterling on the back and is in the shape of a fancy cross with light blue enamel. The date is 1900 - 1910.

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 on the back. The top blade is a figural lily of the valley flower with a gold tassel. The date is 1900 - 1910.

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 1864, the number 36, and Benedict. This is a figure of the Shakespeare character from the play Much Ado About Nothing. The date is 1870 - 1936.