Silver Bookmarks

This bookmark was made in England. The date is 1887 and the manufacturer is David and Lionel Spiers from the mark. The top is in the shape of a horseshoe.

This bookmark was made in Sweden in 1958. It is marked K & EC with other marks and H9 as the date mark for 1958. It is thin with the classic Swedish blade shape. The top is a sheild which would be where an engraving would go.

This bookmark was made in England. It has the standard English hallmarks and a manufacturers mark. It has a mother of pearl handle and is in the shape of a butter knife. The date is 1898.

This brass bookmark has a medallion with a Billiken in the center. According to Wikipedia, the Billiken was a charm doll created by an American art teacher and illustrator, Ms. Florence Pretz of Kansas City, Missouri, who is said to have seen the mysterious figure in a dream. In 1908 she patented the Billiken who was elf-like with pointed ears, a mischievous smile, and a tuft a hair on his pointed head. His arms were short and he was generally sitting with his legs stretched out in front of him.

This bookmark is a William B. Kerr & Co. piece. It has the American Beauty hallmark, sterling and is stamped 1989. It is a high relief four leaf clover and was made around 1900.

This bookmark was made in the US by an unknown manufacturer. It is marked sterling. The top is an art nouveau lady head

This bookmark was made in the US by an unknown manufacturer. It is marked with the makers mark and sterling. The top is an enamel picture of pink flowers 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 Libby, McNeill & Libby and a souvenir of the Pan-American Expostion of 1901, in Buffalo, NY. The flower on top is a rose with its bottom petal cutout for the second blade. The back has a trade mark picture of a steer with eagles wings. It has a list of their food products.