Silver Bookmarks

This bookmark was made in the US by the Whiting Manufacturing Company. It is marked with the manufacturers hallmark, the number 2491 and the word sterling and was sold from their 1896 catalog. The smaller blade has flowers and leaves.

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.

This bookmark was made in the US by The Whitehead and Hoag Co. of Newark, NJ. It is a celluloid bookmark with a quote by Chas. Kingsley which reads "Be good sweet child and let who will be clever, Do noble things, not dream them all day long, And so make life, death and the vast forever, One grand sweet song." The top is a picture of a 4 leaf clover and it's flower. The date is 1905 - 1915.

This bookmark was made in Sweden or possibly France. It has a celluloid long blade and a silver plate and enamel short blade. The ename has the flag of Sweden. The date is 1900 - 1910.

This bookmark was made in the US by Unger Brothers. It is marked with the makers hallmark of a U intertwined with a B. It is a figural flower and was sold in the 1904 Unger Brothers catalog.

This bookmark was made in the US by an unknown manufacturer. It is marked Sterling on the back. The top is a figural head of a native american. The date is 1900 - 1910.

This is a Fred Harvey era Navajo sterling silver and turquoise bookmark circa late 1920's - early 1930's. The top is a thunderbird with a turquoise cabochon stone and the blade has been stamped with an arrow design.

This bookmark was made in the US by an unknown manufacturer. It is made of mother-of-pearl and silver and had a red silk tassel on top. There is a photo of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. on the blade. It was most likely used as a letter opener as well.