Silver Bookmarks

This bookmark was manufactured in Sweden. It is marked with the Swedish state marks and 830S. It has a figural girl reading a book on top. The date is 1930 - 1940.

This bookmark was made in Japan. It is brass and has a high relief pictures of a butterfly and flowers. The date is 1900 - 1910.

This bookmark was made in Finland. It is marked for the year 1957 and 813H indicating a silver content of .830. The top is an enamel coat of arms for the town and former municipality of Ekenäs which has merged with Pohja and Karis to form the new municipality of Raseborg on January 1, 2009.

This bookmark is American made by an unknown manufacturer. It is a high relief of flowers and leaves. Marked only with 925 on the back, the date of manufacture is probably the 1990's.

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 is made by Gorham and is marked with the manufacturers hallmark and the number 71. It is an interesting shape with the top blade swirling around in the shape of a leaf.

This bookmark was made in the US by an unknown manufacturer. It is small and thin and has a flower on top. It is marked only sterling. The date is 1910 - 1920.

This bookmark is made of green celluloid and sterling silver. It is marked sterling silver and has a Patent number 212101. It was patented on March 2, 1923 by A. J. Smith of Variety Works, Fredrick Street, Birmingham, England. The top is a silver and enamel lion with the words Wembley - 1925.