Silver Bookmarks

This bookmark was made in the US between 1910 - 1920. It is a celluloid advertising bookmark for "Old Gold" cigarettes. It has a photo of a woman sitting in a chair with her legs crossed and a cigarette in her hand. The advertisement says "In a Class by themselves. Not a cough in a carload."

This bookmark was made in the US and is marked Leonore Doskow, Handmade Sterling. The top part of this bookmark is a four leaf clover. Date is unknown.

This bookmark was made in England. It is a piece of Tunbridge Ware. "Tunbridge ware is a form of decoratively inlaid woodwork characteristic of the spa town of Tunbridge Wells in Kent in the 18th and 19th centuries. The decoration typically comprises a mosaic of many very small pieces of different coloured woods that form a pictorial vignette. Shaped rods and slivers of wood were first carefully glued together, then cut into many thin slices of identical pictorial veneer with a fine saw. Elaborately striped and feathered bandings for framing were pre-formed in a similar fashion." The date is 1880 - 1900.

This bookmark was made in the US by Whiting Manufacturing Co. It is marked with the the makers hallmark, sterling and 4672. It is an art nouveau design, folded over to make the top blade.

This bookmark was made in France. The top is a magnifying glass held up by two horns of fruit. The top blade has 3 bees (a symbol of Napoleon). It has two French hallmarks on the side of the glass.

This bookmark is pewter and was made in the US in 1983. It is a cat licking his paw. The back is signed "CAT Karpita 1983 BBTC Pewter".

This bookmark was made in the US by an unknown manufacturer, possibly by Webster. It is marked sterling. The top has an art deco design. The date is 1920 - 1930.

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.