Silver Bookmarks

This bookmark is made in France and is a Stanhope or 'peeper'" bookmark. It is probably silver plate over brass on the fleur de lis on top and brass blades. It was made between 1890 and 1920. If you look through the '"peep hole'" you can see 4 photographs of different scenes with '"A Memory of Peterborough'" in the center. The scenes are: (counter clockwise from the top) '"West Front Peterborough Cathedral'", '"Nave West'", Nave East'", and The Cathedral form the North East'". It also says Made in France."

This bookmark was made in El Salvador. It is marked 900 and El Salvador. It is in the shape of a coffee leaf with a coffee bean and another leaf on top.

This bookmark was made in France. It has a brass 3D figural of Napoleon in his famous pose with one hand in his vest. The blades are made of celluloid. The date is 1900 - 1910.

This bookmark was made in Denmark by Georg Jensen sometime after 1945. It is a fish hooked to a chain. The other end of the chainis a ball. This can also be seen in the new 1997 book on Georg Jensen silver.

This bookmark is marked Sterling an is without a makers mark. It is made in the US. It is in the shape of a sword.

This bookmark was made in the US by J.F. Fradley. It is marked on the back with sterling, the manufacturers hallmark of a cross, the numbers 1864 and 18, and Viola. This is a figure of the Shakespeare character Viola from the play "Twelfth Night." The date is 1890 - 1936.

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 England at or before the turn of the last century. The top has a glass magnifying glass which is surrounded by an ornate scribed design. This is almost identical to bookmark 1076 except this is brass and the other silver.