Silver Bookmarks

This bookmark was made in the US by an unknown manufacturer. It is marked X&S Co. Sterling on the back. This is a tiny bookmark with the top blade a floral art nouveau shape. The date is 1900 - 1910.

This bookmark is a William B. Kerr & Co. piece. It has the American Beauty hallmark, sterling and is stamped 1988. It is a high relief flower and was made around 1900.

This bookmark is made in the US by an unknown manufacturer for Tiffany and Co. It is marked Sterling and Tiffany and Co. The top blade is an art nouveau leaf design.

This bookmark was made in Sweden in 1932. It is marked CGH, other Swiss marks and the year mark F8. The top has a blue enamel shield with three crowns within and is topped by a more ornate crown. The middle blade is inscribed "J.P. 8/4 1935".

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 US by Webster Co. It is marked Sterling and the makers hallmark. It was made in 1913 and was originally sold as a letter opener.

This bookmark is only marked Sterling. It is probably American made. It is in the Victorian style so it could be from that time frame.

This bookmark is Swedish from the turn of the 20th century. It has two hallmarks; one is the Swedish inport mark and the other is the letter S. The top is an owl with two green glass eyes.