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A selection of buttonhooks which have been sold from 2007.

a silver handled buttonhook with no distinguishing marks but almost certainly by Adie & Lovekin, established in 1879 at 23 Frederick Street Birmingham. The company made a number of this designed buttonhook in different sizes.

Item reference: 3368
Dimensions: 7 inches overall
Condition: good antique original
Price: £22 GB
Status: Sold

a ball agate handled buttonhook with steel shank

Item reference: 3500
Dimensions: 4 inches overall
Condition: good antique original
Price: £15 GB
Status: Sold

an engraved silver handled buttonhook by Spurrier & Co, established in 1883 at 14 George Street Birmingham. The date letter is rubbed.

Item reference: 3530
Dimensions: 10 & 1/2 inches overall
Condition: good antique original
Price: £25 GB
Status: Sold

an all-silver miniature Victorian glove button hook by unknown Birmingham maker, assayed in Birmingham in 1899

Item reference: 8732
Dimensions: 1 and 3/4 inches overall
Condition: distorted shank
Price: £5 GB
Status: Sold

A WW1 Trench Art buttonhook constructed from scrap munitions materials. Reputably made by soldiers in the trenches, they would also have been made in  military workshops away from the front line.

Item reference: 3627
Dimensions: 8 and 1/2 inches overall
Condition: good antique original
Price: £8 GB
Status: Sold

A WW1 Trench Art buttonhook constructed from scrap munitions materials. Reputably made by soldiers in the trenches, they would also have been made in  military workshops away from the front line.

Item reference: 3629
Dimensions: 5 and 1/4 inches overall
Condition: good antique original
Price: £7 GB
Status: Sold

A WW1 Trench Art buttonhook constructed from scrap munitions materials. Reputably made by soldiers in the trenches, they would also have been made in  military workshops away from the front line.

Item reference: 3628
Dimensions: 5 and 1/2 inches overall
Condition: good antique original
Price: £7 GB
Status: Sold

a banded agate glove button hook with plated metal shaft

Item reference: 4020
Dimensions: 2 and 1/2 inches overall
Condition: good antique original
Sale Price: £10 GB £5 with free UK shipping
Status: Sold

A WW1 Trench Art buttonhook constructed from scrap munitions materials. Reputably made by soldiers in the trenches, they would also have been made in  military workshops away from the front line.

Item reference: 4046
Dimensions: 5 inches overall
Condition: good vintage original
Price: £12 GB
Status: Sold

A WW1 Trench Art buttonhook constructed from scrap munitions materials. Reputably made by soldiers in the trenches, they would also have been made in  military workshops away from the front line.

Item reference: 4050
Dimensions: 5 inches overall
Condition: good vintage condition
Sale Price: £12 GB £6 with free shipping
Status: Sold