Silver Bookmarks

This bookmark was made in the US by Gorham. It is marked with the makers hallmark and 14K and the number X1154. It is a deco design with an attached heart charm. The date is 1910 to 1920.

This bookmark was made in the US by Kohn. It is marked KOHN Sterling 1636. The top is a figural flower with a bud which makes the top blade of the clip.

This bookmark is made in the US by an unknown manufacturer. It marked only sterling on the back. The top is the German Iron Cross of 1914. The date is 1930 - 1950.

This bookmark is marked Sterling with the makers hallmark. It was made by R. Blackington & Co. circa 1900. I have two of these bookmarks. On one of them, the hallmark is on the front, and the other has the hallmark on the back. One was a goof. But which one?

This bookmark was made in the US by an unknown manufacturer. It is marked Sterling Front meaning that only the top part is silver. It depicts an art nouveau lady blowing wind with a flower in her hair. The blade is inscribed "Jennie Apr 3 '07"

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 China. The top has the Chinese symbol meaning "Good Fortune". The bottom blade has a bamboo leaf pattern. Date is unknown.

This bookmark was made in Coventry, England by Thomas Stevens. It is known as a Stevengraph and is made of woven silk on a Jacquard loom. This one is "A Happy Christmas" and has a poem and a winter scene.