Silver Bookmarks

This bookmark was made in Canada by Breadner Co. Ltd. It is marked Sterling B.M. Co. on the back. The top is a round white enamel piece with a multicolored maple leaf and "Canada" underneath it. The middle blade is inscribed "Fort Frances". The date is 1940 - 1945.

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 was made in the US by Shiebler. It is marked with the famous winged "S" and sterling and 8744. The top blade is a flower with a leaf, stems and buds. The date is 1900 - 1910.

This bookmark was made in the US by Gorham Corporation. It is marked with the Gorham hallmark, sterling and the number B2520. The top is a cutout design. The date is 1910 - 1930.

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 makers hallmark on the back. It is in the shape of a a woman head with long flowing hair looking at an iris flower caught in her hair. This bookmark can be found in the 1904 Unger Bros. catalog.

This bookmark is made by Adie & Lovekin Ltd. They are well known silversmiths in Birmingham and they made many different bookmarks as well as lots of other small pieces of silver ware such as pin cushions, stamp cases etc. The date mark is 'y'" indicating the year of manufacture as 1923."

This bookmark was made in the US by F.A. Hermann Co. It is marked with a hallmark of the letter H inside of a triangle and Sterling. The top is an enamel with flowers. The date is 1900 1910.