Silver Bookmarks

This bookmark was made in the US for Tiffany. It is marked Tiffany & Co. and Sterling. The top blade has an iteresting design and a silk tassel is attached to the top. The date is 1900 - 1920.

This bookmark was made in Germany. It is marked with hallmarks that look almost like English hallmarks but aren't. The top has two griffins holding a shield between them.

This bookmark is from Tiffany possibly from the 1970's to early 1980's. It is marked Tiffany & Co. Makers Sterling. It is in the shape of an apple.

This bookmark was made possibly made in France or Portugal. It has two small hallmarks. The top is an enamel design of a three shields. The number 1140 also appears above the lower left shield. The date is 1950 - 1970.

This bookmark was made in the US by an unknown manufacturer. The top is a is a holly plant and says Merry Christmas. The blade says Bickelmann Schenectady.

This bookmark was made in the US by The Robbins Co. for the Boy Scouts of America. The top has the fleur de lis Boy Scouts symbol surrounded by the words "Boy Scouts of America National Council New York City". The card that it came with says "Tis but a simple marker, Yet your place t'will always keep, And show the place where you left off When you .......... dozed .... off ....... to ...... sleep." The date is 1950 - 1960.

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 Netherlands. It has two hallmarks, the top one indicating that it was made of .833 fine silver before 1953. The top is a shield with a phoenix and the word Apeldoorn around the bottom. Apeldoorn is a city in Holland.