Silver Bookmarks

This bookmark was made in Birmingham, England in 1900. It is marked with the standard English hallmarks. The top has an interesting Irish design with inlaid pieces of Commemara marble.

This bookmark was made between 1940 - 1960. It is silver and has a hallmark on the back which says STC.SIL. It has the word Tasmania stamped on the top.

This bookmark is made in the US by Webster Co. It is marked sterling on the back. The top has a picture of a flower. The date is 1913 and was sold as a letter opener and as part of a novelty set.

his bookmark was made in the US by the Towle Silversmiths company between 1900 and 1910. It is marked with the manufacturers hallmark the word sterling and the number 15. The top blade is the head of a greek warior with a picture of a lion on his helmet. The bottom blade has the initials "CHH".

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 Holland by an unknown manufacturer. It is marked with two Dutch hallmarks. The top of the bookmark is an enamel figural of a daisy flower. The date is 1920 - 1930.

This bookmark was made in the US by an unknown manufacturer. It is marked X&S Co. Sterling on the back. This is a tiny bookmark with the top blade a floral art nouveau shape. The date is 1900 - 1910.

This bookmark was made in the US by Hayden Mfg. Co. between 1893 and 1909. It is marked with the manufacturers hallmark and sterling. The top is a sun symbol with the words "Easter Greeting".