Silver Bookmarks

This bookmark was made in the US by an unknown manufacturer. It is marked only sterling on the back and is finished in a gold wash. The top is an enameled fish within a shield. The blade is marked Bermuda. The date is 1960 - 1970.

This is an American made bookmark manufactured by Gorham. It is marked with the manufacturers hallmark, Sterling and the number 50. It large and heavy for a bookmark and has the picture of a Chrysanthemum with it's leaf. It's nicely detailed and is one of 33 different bookmarks from the Autumn 1888 Gorham Catalog.

This bookmark was made in the US by Lenore Doskow. It is marked Doskow 925. It is a simple round bookmark very similar to one that Tiffany makes. The date is 1980 - 1990.

This bookmark was made in Birmingham England. It has the hallmarks for 1897 and a manufacturer of B&F. The top is a highly detailed relief bearded man in long robes.

This bookmark was made between 1940 - 1960. It is silver and has a hallmark on the back which says STC.SIL. It has the word Tasmania stamped on the top.

This bookmark was made in Iceland. It is marked 925S GB. The top is a figural of a geyser erupting with the word Geysir underneath it. The date is 1950 - 1960.

This bookmark is made in Chester England by Sampson Mordan & Co. It is marked 11 SM & Co. and the date letter C indicating 1903. It has a pig on the top.

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.