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S 553 Sterling Silver Handle Button Hook 1900
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 has a sterling silver handle and a steel shank. The shank is in reasonably good condition, but has seen some corrosion from the past
There is a full British hall mark from the Birmingham assay office with the mark for sterling silver, the date letter for 1900 and the maker mark L & S for Levi & Salaman
The button hook measures 230 mm long and weighs in at 56.4 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
Levi & Salaman
Manufacturing silversmiths
Birmingham
UK
Proprietors: Phineas Harris Levi & Joseph Wolfe Salaman
Company taken over by Barker Brothers c1921
Manufacturers of:
Bottle, box, button, button hook, decanter label, dish, egg cup, flatware, glove stretcher, goblet, jug, manicure set, mug, mustard, napkin ring, pill box, pincushion, postal scales, salver, scissors, souvenir spoon, spectacle case, sugar bowl, tazza, tea strainer, tray, whistle maker.
The mark for Levi & Salaman was found on items with a Birmingham 1892 to 1927 hallmark kr300.00
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