Silver Bookmarks

This bookmark is American made by The Napier Company. It is marked Napier Sterling. The top of the bookmark is in the shape of a book (possibly a bible) and a torch. The date is somewhere after 1922.

This bookmark was made in the US by Dominick and Haff, Inc. between 1889 and 1910. It is marked with the manufacturers hallmark, sterling and the number 18. The smaller top blade has an art nouveau design .

This bookmark was made in the US by Lewis Bros. of New York. It is marked with the makers hallmark and sterling. It is an art nouveau design of a coiled wire at the top. The date is 1896 - 1904.

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 France. The top is a high relief bust of Napoleon as designed by the famous French artist E. Seurre. The top blade has a 5 pointed star and next to it is inscribed Malmaison which is the house that Napoleon's wife, Josephine purchased in 1799 and where he governed the country. It is now a museum and this is possibly a souvenir from there.

This bookmark was made at the Gebruder Schmidt factory in Oberstein, Germany. Thank you to @Lsmayergal (The World of LS Mayer) on Instagram and Facebook for the identification and dating of this piece. It has two crossed golf clubs with an agate marble between them on the top.

This bookmark was made in the US by Unger Bros. It is marked with the makers hallmark on the back. It is in the shape of a a woman head with long flowing hair looking at an iris flower caught in her hair. This bookmark can be found in the 1904 Unger Bros. catalog.

This bookmark was made in the US by an unknown manufacturer. It is marked only sterling on the back. The top is a floral sheath inscribed with the inital R. The date is 1900 - 1910.