Silver Bookmarks

This bookmark was made in the US by Unger Bros. It is marked with the makers hallmark and Sterling 925 Fine. It is an art nouveau flower wreath design. The date is 1900 - 1910.

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 Scotland. It is made of brass with a moss agate on the top.

This bookmark was made in the US by an unknown manufacturer. It is marked E sterling on the back. The top blade is in the shape of an anchor with partial green enamel. It has a red and white ribbon and tassel. The date is 1900 - 1910.

This bookmark was made in the US and is marked Stieff Sterling. It has a similar shape with the S Kirk bookmarks. The date is probably in the 1980's.

This bookmark was made in the US by an unknown manufacturer. It is made of brass and has some glass beads. It is in the shape of a flower with brass petals and glass beads in the center.

This bookmark is not a bookmark at all, but is most likely a luggage tag that was made in the US by an unknown manufacturer. It is only marked sterling on the back and is in the shape of a bell. The front is inscribed June 10, 1902 with someones initials.

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.