Silver Bookmarks

This bookmark is made in the US by an unknown manufacturer. It is marked sterling on the back. The front blade has a picture of some type of bird. The manufacturer is probably the same one that manufactured number 234 for Tiffany and Co. by the shape of the blade and the font of the world sterling on the back. The shape of the blades are identical to number 130. The date is 1900 - 1910.

This bookmark was made Holland. It is marked NIO and the symbol of a sword. The top is a figural of a tower and underneath is the word Groningen, a city in the Netherlands. Date is 1920 - 1936.

This bookmark was made possibly in Germany. The top is a man carrying a bushel of wheat, standing on the word AUG. It is also marked 1937.

This bookmark was made in the US. It is a Masonic trowel bookmark only marked Sterling. The date is 1900 - 1910.

This bookmark was made in the US by The Whitehead and Hoag Co. of Newark, NJ. It is a celluloid advertising bookmark for Carnation Milk and a souvenir of the Panama-Pacific Exposition, San Francisco 1915. The top is a carnation flower and the bottom has a picture of cows and a can of Carnation Milk.

This bookmark was made in either England or Scotland. It is unmarked and is probably silver plate. It has an agate handle and is shaped like a trowel. Date is unknown.

This bookmark was made in the US by an unknown manufacturer. It is marked sterling on the back. It is in the shape of a heart with a baby chick in the center of the inside blade.

This bookmark is made in Norway by David Andersen. It is marked with his hallmark and 925. The David Andersen mark is described by the firm as a hammer and tong design, with the hammer in the center. It came into use in 1888. Norwegian law requires the degree of fineness to be followed by the letter S for silver. David Andersen chose to incorporate the S into their punch. Often the S was crossed by a diagonal line. It has an enamel four leaf clover on top and the blade is finished in a gold wash.