Silver Bookmarks

This bookmark is from Peru. It is marked RI 8314 925. The date is unknown. It looks like a two headed turtle with wings and a shield.

This bookmark was possibly made in India or China. It is made of bone or ivory and shows a donkey pulling a wagon on the top. The date is unknown.

This bookmark was probably produced in France. It is made of mother-of-pearl and has a hand carved figural female maid holding a broom . The date is 1880 - 1900.

This bookmark was made in the US by Gorham Mfg. Company. It is marked with the manufacturers mark, sterling and 41, the number from the Autumn 1888 catalogue. It is in an Aztec like design.

This bookmark was made in the US by an unknown manufacturer. It is probably not a bookmark at all but most likely a tie clip. It is marked sterling Victory Optical. It is in the shape of eye glasses. The date is 1960 - 1970.

This bookmark was made in the US by the Whitehead and Hoag Co. of Newark, NJ. It is a celluloid travel advertising bookmark for Portland, Oregon. The flower on top is a rose and it has a tiny hole where a tassel once was. The back has a photo of Mt. Hood and another of a car traveling on a highway. It says, "Portland Ad. Club. Meet me on the Columbia River Highway Portland 1918." The copyright is dated 1915.

This bookmark was made in the US by an unknown manufacturer. It is marked sterling on the bottom of the larger blade. It is an owl sitting on a book. The smaller blade is two crossed feathers. The date is 1890 - 1900.

This bookmark was made in the US between 1930 and 1940. It is a celluloid piece with two parrots sitting on branches at the top. The center blade has a red flower in the middle.