Silver Bookmarks

This bookmark was probably made in a Spain. It is marked sterling 925 and has a figural lyre on top. The date is unknown.

This bookmark looks almost exactly like an S Kirk piece (of which I have two) but it is not marked. It is only marked 925. It's probably a copy of the S Kirk piece from another manufacturer but the detail is not as good. Date is unknown.

This bookmark was made in the US by The American Art Works, of Coshocton, Ohio. It is a celluloid advertising bookmark for Brantley-Draughon Business College and is a six year calendar for the years 1913 - 1918 with a rotaing dial in the back. The instructions read "Turn wheel until month appears in column with present year. Top will show days of the week. Use 1916 printed in red for JAN. and FEB (Leap Year)." The front blade has the birth stones for each month. The back reads, "Every national bank in Fort Worth Represented on our directory board. Brantley-Draughon Business College, 6th and Main Sts., Fort Worth, Texas. Phone Lamar 1307. Bookkeeping - Shorthand - Telegraphy."

This bookmark was made in Birmingham England. It has the hallmarks for sterling and the year 1896. It is in the shape of a knife with a handle that looks like a flower.

This bookmark was made in the US by Unger Bros. It is marked with the makers hallmark on the back. It is in the shape of a a woman head with long flowing hair looking at an iris flower caught in her hair. This bookmark can be found in the 1904 Unger Bros. catalog.

This bookmark was made in the US by Robbins. It has a bear on top and is marked Yosemite Nat'l Park on the front. The back is only marked Robbins. This may or may not be silver. Date is probably 1970's to 1980's.

This bookmark was made in the US by J.F. Fradley. It is marked on the back with sterling, the manufacturers hallmark of a cross, the number 6, and Mr. Snodgrass. This is a figure of the Dickens character Mr. Snodgrass, a shady character from the book "The Pickwick Papers" The date is 1890 - 1936.

This bookmark was made in the US by G. H. French and Co. between 1920 and 1930. It is marked sterling and the manufacturers hallmark on the back. The top is an Arts and Crafts flower design.