Silver Bookmarks

This bookmark was made in the US or Scotland. It is a masonic piece in the shape of a trowel with a goldstone handle. The date is sometime in the 1950s when goldstone was very popular.

This bookmark is probably European. It is 8 or 9k gold and has some nice detailing all over. Date is probably 1910 - 1920.

This bookmark was made in Coventry, England by Thomas Stevens. It is a woven silk bookmark commonly called a Stevengraph. This one is a tribute to a father. The back bottom is marked T. Stevens Coventry. The date is 1860 - 1890.

This brass bookmark was made in France by an unknown manufacturer. It is a sea dragon with a banded agate marble in it's mouth. It has green glass eyes and is highly detailed.

This bookmark was made in the US by J. F. Fradley & Co., a small New York silver manufacturer in business from 1870 - 1936. It is in the shape of a man, Sam Weller, the servant of Samuel Pickwick from the book The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens. It is marked Sterling, the cross hallmark, 1863 and 2. Also inscribed on the back is "Sam Weller". Date is 1890 - 1936.

This bookmark is made in Guatemala. It is marked Guatemala 900 on the back. I assume the 900 is the silver content (slightly less than 925 sterling). The top of the bookmark is a picture of a quetzal, the national bird of Guatemala.

This is my least expensive bookmark. I paid only $3 for it. It is marked Sterling with no makers hallmark. It is probably of recent vintage.

This bookmark was made in France. It is brass and the top is a relief picture of an owl with yellow glass eyes. The date is 1890 - 1910.