Alison lives in a small village in Cambridgeshire and has been involved in the antiques trade for thirty years. A qualified auctioneer, she has a BA Hons in Valuation of Fine Art and Chattels and has worked in a London auction house and for The Potteries Museum as well as exhibiting at fairs in London and East Anglia. She is a keen collector of 18th and 19th century Staffordshire ceramics, turn of the century art pottery and English silver novelty items.
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Description
This is a superb silver mounted bookmark, dating from the Art Deco period. This high quality example has a celluloid body in deep purple. The terminal and page marker are 'sterling silver', featuring the detailed figure of an elephant. The modelling is crisp and detailed.
A great collector's piece with a practical use.
measurements
Height:
9 cm
Width:
1.3 cm
measurements
declaration
Booth Antiques has clarified that the Gorgeous Silver & Celluloid Elephant Bookmark (LA483187) is genuinely of the period declared with the date/period of manufacture being 1920
declaration
condition
condition
Excellent, with no dents or splits.
Marked Sterling silver.