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S 452 Silver Handle Button Hook 1914
A button hook hails from the age of elegance rather than practicality, when women wore button up boots, gloves etc. A buttonhook is a tool used to facilitate the closing of buttoned shoes, gloves or other clothing. It consists of a hook fixed to a handle which may be simple or decorative as part of a dresser set or chatelaine. Sometimes they were given away as promotions with product advertising on the handle. To use, the hook end is inserted through the buttonhole to capture the button by the shank and draw it through the opening.This button hook was made in the same year World War l or World War ll started and has a sterling silver handle and a steel shank. The shank is in remarkably good condition, suggesting this item was only used indoors and has been well looked after. The pattern on the handle suggests it was made in 1914.
There is a full British hall mark from the Birmingham assay office with the mark for sterling silver, the date letter for either 1914 or 1939 and the maker mark for C & N. The hallmarks are clear and not rubbed.
The button hook measures 180 mm long and weighs in at 31.4 gram.
In very good condition, the item has either been used little or used with great care and ready to join a collection.
Collector Notes
Crisford & Norris Ltd
Manufacturing jewellers
Vyse Street
Birmingham
UK
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The mark for Crisford & Norris Ltd was found on items with a Birmingham 1896 to 1978 hallmark. The mark was registered in January 1896. kr500.00
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