Silver Bookmarks

This bookmark is made in the US by Shiebler for Tiffany and Co. It is marked with the Shiebler makers mark and 1923 and Tiffany and Co. The top has a detailed sea horse. The blades are hand hammered. 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 has a blue tassel and a ship's wheel design at the top. It is marked Inman Sterling on the back. I don't know when it was manufactured.

This bookmark was made in England by Addie and Lovekind. It is a masonic trowel with a mother of pearl handle. It is marked with the Chester city mark and a cursive "U" date letter for 1920.

This bookmark was made in Sweden. It has the Swedish hallmarks on the back and the date mark Z8 for 1950. The top is a cutout picture of Stadhuset, the famous building of the City Hall on the island of Kungsholmen. It also has a gold and blue silk tassel, the colors of the Swedish flag.

This bookmark was made in the US by an unknown manufacturer. It is in the shape of a sword with a mother of pearl handle. The second blade is behind the top blade and is marked Sterling. The date is 1900 - 1910.

This bookmark was made in the US by an unknown manufacturer. It is marked sterling on the back. It is in the shape of a heart with a baby chick in the center of the inside blade.

This bookmark was made in the US by an unknown manufacturer as a souvenir for Atlantic City. It is made of celluloid and has two parrots on the top. The date is 1920 - 1940.