Silver Bookmarks

This bookmark was made in the US by Webster Company. It is only marked sterling on the top of the mark. The bottom blades are silver plate. This was originally sold as a letter opener. The date is 1910 - 1920.

This bookmark was made in Norway. It is marked 830S with an H hallmark. The top is a figural flower with white enamel petals and a red enamel center. The front is inscribed "Tine". The date is 1920 - 1930.

This bookmark was made in the US by Rogers, Lunt and Bowlen. It is marked with the manufacturers hallmark and sterling and the number 168. The top is a figural bust of William Bryant (1794 - 1878), the poet and journalist.

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 a Scandinavian country between 1920 - 1930. It is marked only 900 for 900 fine silver. The top is a circle with a figural flower within it.

This bookmark was made in the US by Bastian Bros. Co. of Rochester, NY. It is made of celluloid and is in the shape of a grandfather clock with the bottom half of the clock cut out to clip over the page. The back says, "Time is golden; waste not a single moment. Each clock tick brings thee to the threshold of some new opportunity." The date is 1900 - 1915.

This bookmark is made in Chester, England. The manufacturer's mark is S.M. & Co. for Sampson Mordan & Co. The top contains a dried out plant with seeds. The date is 1914 - 1915.

This bookmark is made in England in Birmingham. It has Birmingham hallmarks for 1908. It is a figural of Shakespeare with his signature inscribed on the middle blade.