Silver Bookmarks

This bookmark was made in France. It is unmarked gilded brass and has a cameo on top. The date is 1890 - 1910.

This bookmark was made in China. It is made of tin and enamel paint and has a white blue and red Chinese mask on top. Underneath the mask is written "Wei-Ch'e Pao-Lin". The date is 1970 - 1980.

This bookmark was made in the US. It is silver plated over brass and was made sometime in the 1890's - 1910. It is a hand with a fancy cuff. It is unmarked.

This bookmark was made in Birmingham, England in 1915. The manufacturer mark is ALL. for Adie and Lovekind. The bookmark is in the shape of a trowel with a mother of pearl handle.

This bookmark is Canadian made circa 1920 - 1930. On the blade is written Victoria BC. At the top there is a crest made of enamel. The inscription, "Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense" means 'evil to him who evil thinks' in old Norman French. It is finished in a gold wash and is marked with a hallmark and the word Sterling.

This bookmark was made in the US by J. F. Fradley & Co., a small New York silver manufacturer in business from 1870 - 1936. It is in the shape of a man, Sam Weller, the servant of Samuel Pickwick from the book The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens. It is marked Sterling, and the cross hallmark. Also inscribed on the back is "Sam Weller". Date is 1890 - 1936.

This bookmark was American made. It is made of copper and has an enamel painted Indian totem pole. It was probably a souvenir of the Pomona, California Fair sometime in the 1940's.

This bookmark is one of a set of 4 from Cracker Jack. It is made of tin and paint depicting a Bulldog. It was made it the 1940's.