Silver Bookmarks

This bookmark is completely unmarked but is so similar to other pieces that I have, I know it to be sterling. The top in an enamel sail boat. The date is 1911 - 1920.

This bookmark was made in Birmingham, England by Chrisford and Norris. it is hallmarked for Birmingham 1905. The bookmark is in the shape of a hand with the index finger pointing down.

This bookmark was made at the Gebruder Schmidt factory in Oberstein, Germany. Thank you to @Lsmayergal (The World of LS Mayer) on Instagram and Facebook for the identification and dating of this piece. It is brass and the top is a relief picture of a kitty with light green glass eyes. The date is 1890 - 1910.

This bookmark is a William B. Kerr & Co. piece. It has the American Beauty mark and is stamped 1320. It is a high relief crab. It was made around 1900.

This bookmark is made in Australia. The top part of the bookmark is an enamel on brass picture of the Town Hall Melbourne. The blades are not silver. It is marked Pitcher Melb. on the back. The date is unknown.

This bookmark was made in the US by the Whitehead and Hoag Co. of Newark, NJ. It is a celluloid travel advertising bookmark for Portland, Oregon. The flower on top is a rose and it has a tiny hole where a tassel once was. The back has a photo of Mt. Hood and another of a car traveling on a highway. It says, "Portland Ad. Club. Meet me on the Columbia River Highway Portland 1918." The copyright is dated 1915.

This bookmark made in England and has the makers hallmark of C&N It is marked Silver after the hallmark (not Sterling). The top has an amber color citrine stone set in a silver thistle.

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.