Silver Bookmarks

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 Sweden in 1952. It is marked NJ and B9 indicating 1952. It also has the Swedish import marks. The top is a figural flower of a rose.

This bookmark was American made. It is made of copper and has an enamel painted Indian totem pole. It was probably a souvenir of the Pomona, California Fair sometime in the 1940's.

This bookmark is from Norway. The date is 1900 - 1910. The top blade is silver and is marked 830S H.Gm. with two other marks. The bottom blade is celluloid made to look like ivory.

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 number 1864, the number 36, and Benedict. This is a figure of the Shakespeare character from the play Much Ado About Nothing. The date is 1870 - 1936.

This bookmark is American made by J.H. Johnston & Co and is marked J. H. Johnston & Co Sterling PAT APD FOR (patent applied for). It is in the shape of a Page from King Arthur''s court times. It is very detailed on the front and the back. The blade is inscribed 'Your Page'". This mark was manufactured between 1882 - 1904. "

This bookmark is made in Japan between 1890 - 1910. It is made of brass with a picture of a small bird on a branch of a tree in relief on the smaller blade and a bird in flight near a plant engraved on the longer blade. This one also has the original bead and tassel at the top. The dealer said she found this with a collection of Japanese page turners that she purchased. This looks like smaller versions of them.

This bookmark is made in the US as an advertisment for the Dueber-Hampden Watch Works company for pocket watches. It was made between 1910 - 1930 of celluloid by the Whitehead & Hoag Co., Newark, NJ. There is printing on the front and the back. The front advertises a men's watch and the back is for a woman's.