Silver Bookmarks

This bookmark is from Norway. It is marked HF 830S. The date is probably 1950 - 1960. the top of the bookmark is a fat man, probably a cartoon character or character from a childrens book.

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 was made in the US by an unknown manufacturer. A very thin piece, the top has an art nouveau rose flower. It is marked sterling on the back.

This bookmark was made in China and is hallmarked with Chinese symbols. It is in the shape of a trowel with a dragon as the handle.

This bookmark was made in Birmingham, England in 1887. It is marked with the makers mark of JW (possibly Joseph Willmore), the standard marks for Birmingham and 1887 and also Rd No 84111. It is in the shape of an umbrella.

This bookmark is a William B. Kerr & Co. piece. It has the American Beauty mark and is stamped 1320. It is a high relief crab. It was made around 1900.

This bookmark was made in the US. It is only marked Sterling on the back. The top is an art nouveau lady head with long wavy hair smelling a large flower. The date is 1900 - 1910.

This bookmark was made in the US by The Whitehead and Hoag Co. of Newark, NJ. It is a celluloid advertising bookmark for Maltine. The back reads "Maltine plain, maltine with coca wine, maltine with cod liver oil, maltine with cascara sagrada, maltine with hypophosphites, maltine with wine of pepsin, maltine with creosote, malto-yerbine, maltine ferrated, maltine with peptones, maltine with phosphate iron, quinia and strychnia, maltine with pepsin and pancreatin." The date is 1905 - 1915.