Silver Bookmarks

This bookmark was made in the US by an unknown manufacturer. It is marked sterling on the small blade on the back. It is in the shape of a sword with an art nouveau design on top. The blade is inscribed "Anna."

This bookmark was made in Japan between 1900 - 1910. It is a high relief figural of a snake wrapped around some flowers. It is unmarked.

This bookmark was made in France circa 1840 - 1850. It is hand carved and made of solid mother of pearl. The top is a bird head with a large beak and feathers underneath it.

This Swedish enamel & brass bookmark has the appearance of being handpainted. It Shows architecture in Goteborg. It also has the word Import stamped on the back.

This bookmark was made in the US by Jayo. It is marked with the makers hallmark, and Patent No. 163572. The patent is a design patent dated June 12, 1951 by Wesley M. Cowen and is titled Book Page Marker. An identical regular patent, No. 2,610,074 is dated Sept. 9, 1952 by Louis G. Meyers. The bookmark is a spring arm action where the clip part is attached to the cover or back binding and the arm holds the page.

This bookmark was made in France. It has a brass 3D figural of Napoleon in his famous pose with one hand in his vest. The blades are made of celluloid. The date is 1900 - 1910.

This bookmark was made in England by Mordan & Co, a famous maker of fine silver products. It is not marked with the typical hallmarks of England probably to save taxes. It is a bookmark with a mechanical lead pencil at the top. The date is 1890 - 1900.

This bookmark was made in Denmark by Georg Jensen sometime after 1945. It is a fish hooked to a chain. The other end of the chainis a ball. This can also be seen in the new 1997 book on Georg Jensen silver.