Silver Bookmarks

This bookmark was made in the US by David C. Cook Publishing of Elgin, Ill. It is a plastic or celluloid bookmark with a poem about motherhood by G. Newell Lovejoy. The date is 1940 - 1950.

This bookmark is marked Sterling an is without a makers mark. It is made in the US. It is in the shape of a sword.

This bookmark was made in Mexico. It is marked with some words that can't be made out and the national silver mark with the number 23 inside (identifying the maker). The center blade is an Indian figure holding two snakes. The date is 1920 - 1940.

This bookmark was made in the US by an unknown manufacturer. It is marked sterling on the back and has a colored plique-a-jour enamel design on the top. The date is 1900 - 1910.

This bookmark was made in the US by the Heintz Art Metal Shop. It is unmarked. The top is a pair of sterling birds on a branch. The bookmark is bronze with a florentine silver finish. The date is 1910 - 1920.

This bookmark was made in the US by The Whitehead and Hoag Co. of Newark, NJ. It is a celluloid bookmark with a quote by Chas. Kingsley which reads "Be good sweet child and let who will be clever, Do noble things, not dream them all day long, And so make life, death and the vast forever, One grand sweet song." The top is a picture of a 4 leaf clover and it's flower. The date is 1905 - 1915.

This bookmark is made in the US between 1900 and 1910. It is only marked sterling on the sword handle. The top blade is the sword blade and is finished in a gold wash. The bottom blade is much smaller and hidden behind the top. The manufacturer is unknown.

This bookmark was made in the US by Whitehead & Hoag of Newark, NJ. It is an advertising bookmark for the G. W. Herrick & Co. women's shoes. The flower on top is a rose with its bottom petal cutout for the second blade. On the back is a calendar for May 1901 to April 1902. It also says "We manufacture our own shoes." The date is 1901.