Silver Bookmarks

This bookmark was made in a European country between 1930 - 1940. It is marked 830S and has an unidentified makers mark. The top is a pot with flowers. It is a very thin bookmark.

This bookmark was made in Mexico. It is marked Sterling Mexico and 925 RM on the back. The center blade is a coconut tree. The date is 1920 - 1940.

This bookmark was made in the US by Webster Company. It is marked Sterling and has the manufacturers hallmark. It is actually most likely not a bookmark but a small letter opener. It has an enamel shield on top and cutouts in the blade. The date is 1900 - 1910.

This bookmark was made in the US possibly by Louis Comfort Tiffany, of the Tiffany lamp fame. It was part of a desk set made of copper. The date is probably late 1890's - 1910.

This bookmark was made in Norway by David Andersen. It is marked 925 and the makers hallmark. The top has a shield of red enamel with a lion passant and a crown on top. It is finished in a gold wash. The date is 1910 - 1920.

This bookmark is made in Japan between 1890 - 1910. It is made of brass with a picture of a man holding a staff with a monkey on his back in relief on the smaller blade and an engraved flower on the larger blade. This is similar to number 164. The dealer said she found this with a collection of Japanese page turners that she purchased. This looks like smaller versions of them.

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 the US by an unknown manufacturer. It is marked only Sterling on the back. It has a Jensen-like pattern on the top. The date is 1980 - 1990.