Silver Bookmarks

This bookmark is American made by Unger Brothers. The mark is an interlaced U and B. It has an art nouveau flower on top with a plain silver blade. This was the April flower from a set of twelve, one for each month.

This bookmark was made in Sweden. It is has four marks, only two of which can be made out. The state mark of Sweden and a date mark L5, indicating that this was made in 1865. The silver content is .830. It has the symbols for Faith, Hope and Charity and is very similar to bookmark 83 in group 5.

This bookmark was made in the US by C. Klank and Sons. It is marked sterling with the manufacturers hallmark. It is a beautiful figural piece where the top blade is three strawberry leaves and the bottom is either a sickle or a flattened snake. The date is 1890 - 1900.

This bookmark is American made. It is marked with the makers hallmark, and Towle Sterling. When I bought this I thought that it might be old but then I found the exact one at the mall so I can only assume that it was manufactured recently.

This bookmark is made in Denmark by Georg Jensen. It has the makers mark which was used after 1945. It is marked Sterling and is stamped with the number 52.

This bookmark was made in the US by The Whitehead and Hoag Co. of Newark, NJ. It is a celluloid advertising bookmark for Maltine. The back reads "Maltine plain, maltine with coca wine, maltine with cod liver oil, maltine with cascara sagrada, maltine with hypophosphites, maltine with wine of pepsin, maltine with creosote, malto-yerbine, maltine ferrated, maltine with peptones, maltine with phosphate iron, quinia and strychnia, maltine with pepsin and pancreatin." The date is 1905 - 1915.

This bookmark was made in the US by Alvin Corp. It is marked with the makers mark on the back. The top is an anchor, heart and cross symbolizing faith, hope and charity.

This bookmark was made in the US by an unknown manufacturer. Marked only sterling on the back, it is in the shape of a knife with a rope and flower handle.