Silver Bookmarks

This bookmark is made in France and is a Stanhope or 'peeper'" bookmark. It is probably silver plate over brass on the fleur de lis on top and brass blades. It was made between 1890 and 1920. If you look through the '"peep hole'" you can see 4 photographs of different scenes with '"A Memory of Peterborough'" in the center. The scenes are: (counter clockwise from the top) '"West Front Peterborough Cathedral'", '"Nave West'", Nave East'", and The Cathedral form the North East'". It also says Made in France."

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.

This bookmark was probably made in Norway. It is marked HJ 830S on the back. The top is a round medalion with the names of five continents? "America Europa Asia Oceania Africa" encircling some sort of open book. The date is 1920 - 1930.

This bookmark was made in the US by an unknown manufacturer. The top is a donkey packed up and ready to go prospecting. The blade is engraved Denver. The back is marked sterling and engraved W.W. '02.

This bookmark was made in Birmingham England. It has the hallmarks for sterling and the year 1896. It is in the shape of a knife with a handle that looks like a flower.

This bookmark was made in the US by an unknown manufacturer. It is marked sterling with a makers mark on the back. The top has a Roman warrior's head carved into the silver, a technique know as intaglio. The date is 1900 - 1920.

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 was made possibly in Italy or France. It is silver-plated brass and has an art nouveau flower design on the top. The date is 1890 - 1910.