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S 474 Silver Handle Button Hook 1917
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. These are now mainly collector items, but they can still be used for pulling up the zips on modern shoes and can also be helpful to people suffering from arthritis in the fingers or hands.This button hook has a sterling silver handle and a steel shank and was made one year before the end of world war I. The shank has been exposed to unfavourable conditions in the past and has corrosion pit marks on the shank.
Buttonhooks were utility items in daily use, and were left in the boot room or in a similar damp environment giving rise to the pitting corrosion on the shank.
There is a full British hall mark from the Birmingham assay office with the mark for sterling silver, the date letter for 1917 and a maker mark that unfortunately is not readable.
The button hook measures 179 mm long and weighs in at 28.5 gram.
The design and shape of the handle is typical of the period.
Clearly a well used item that is ready to join a collection.
This is a used item that is over 100 years in age and is in overall good condition. The silver handle would be greatly improved with a gentle buffing to bring out the lustre of old silver.
kr450.00
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