A selection of buttonhooks which have been sold from 2007.
Archive
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
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: 4052
Dimensions: 6 inches overall
Condition: good vintage condition
Sale Price: £15 GB £7 plus free shipping
Status: Sold
a Victorian silver gilt buttonhook hallmarked Birmingham 1899 but the makers mark is rubbed. Unusually the steel shaft is also gilded giving the appearance of an all-gold item
Item reference: 3611
Dimensions: 9 and 1/2 inches overall
Condition: very minor "dings" to the edge of the handle, otherwise good antique original
Price: £28 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: 4051
Dimensions: 6 & 3/4 inches overall
Condition: good vintage condition
Sale Price: £12 GB £6 with free shipping
Status: Sold