Silver Bookmarks

This bookmark is made in the US by an unknown manufacturer. It is marked sterling on the back and is in the shape of a fancy cross with light blue enamel. The date is 1900 - 1910.

This bookmark was made in London England. It has the hallmarks for London and 1985. It is a figural of King Henry VIII, taken as a character from the Shakespeare play.

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. The top of the bookmark is plique-a-jour with green and blue enamel. The date is 1890 - 1910.

This bookmark was made in the US and is a celluloid advertisement for the Penna. State Convention. It is probably more of a hang tag than a bookmark. It has a picture of green leaves on the top and a faded gray rose as the background. The date is 1894.

This bookmark was made in Birmingham, England in 1900. It is marked with the standard hallmarks for that city and date and also with the manufacturer mark JC&Co Ltd. The top is a figural of a kangaroo.

This bookmark was made in France. It is silver with the remnants of a gold wash which it had at one time. It has two French marks, the wild boars head and the lozenge with the makers mark inside. The boars head mark was discontinued in 1961 so the date of this is sometime before then.

This bookmark was made in the US by Jayo. It is marked with the makers hallmark, and Patent No. 163572. The patent is a design patent dated June 12, 1951 by Wesley M. Cowen and is titled Book Page Marker. An identical regular patent, No. 2,610,074 is dated Sept. 9, 1952 by Louis G. Meyers. The bookmark is a spring arm action where the clip part is attached to the cover or back binding and the arm holds the page.

This bookmark was made in the US by an unknown manufacturer for Georg Jensen. It is marked Georg Jensen Sterling on the back and has the acorn pattern on top. This was made between 1940 - 1945 when Georg Jensen did not make any silver because of WWII.