A selection of buttonhooks which have been sold from 2007.
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a Victorian silver handled BOOT buttonhook by Miller Bros, established in 1887 at 78 Newgate Street, Hatton Graden, London. It is hallmarked Birmingham 1889
Item reference: 3415
Dimensions: 11 inches overall
Condition: good antique original
Price: £15 GB
Status: Sold
an all-silver glove hook with makers mark CW for Cumwo who traded out of Hong Kong
Item reference: 3436
Dimensions: 4 and 3/4 inches overall
Condition: good antique original
Price: £15 GB
Status: Sold
a Chinese Export all-silver combination buttonhook & shoehorn with traditional bamboo style of shank and engraved dragon on the blade
Item reference: 3446
Dimensions: 7 and 1/4 inches overall
Condition: minor bruising to the blade otherwise good antique original
Price: £32 GB
Status: Sold
a WW1 Trench Art washer miniature glove hook with discs of brass, steel & brown Tufnol, this might hold the record for the smallest Trench Art buttonhook?
Item reference: 3440
Dimensions: 1 and 5/8 inches overall
Condition: good antique original
Price: £10 GB
Status: Sold
a pair of Art Nouveau silver handled BOOT buttonhook & shoehorn by William Hutton & Sons, established in 1894 at Hanley Street, Birmingham. Although the maker’s mark is rubbed, I can confirm they were assayed in Chester in 1932 . The embossed image on the handle is a classic Art Nouveau design of a stylised bird among trailing foliage
Item reference: 3441
Dimensions: 10 and 1/2 inches overall
Condition: good antique original
Price: £65 GB
Status: Sold
a WW1 Trench Art washer miniature glove hook with discs of brass, brown & black Tufnol
Item reference: 3439
Dimensions: 2 inches overall
Condition: good antique original
Price: £10 GB
Status: Sold
a pair of late Victorian Art Nouveau silver handled BOOT buttonhook and shoehorn by the famous maker, William Comyns, established in 1859 at Beak Street, Regent Street, London. They are hallmarked London 1900.
Item reference: 3442
Dimensions: 10 and 1/2 inches overall
Condition: good antique original
Price: £65 GB
Status: Sold
a brass handled souvenir buttonhook of the Cat & Fiddle, This Public House between Buxton , Derbyshire and Macclesfield, Cheshire was until 2015 the tallest pub in Britain, and regularly gave shelter to motorists caught by the winter snow storms
Item reference: 3457
Dimensions: 5 and 1/4 inches overall
Condition: good antique original
Price: £12 GB
Status: Sold
a carved horn figural glove hook in the form of an eagles head
Item reference: 3435
Dimensions: 3 and 1/2 inches overall
Condition: good antique original
Price: £38 GB
Status: Sold
a buttonhook
Item reference: 3449
Dimensions: 5 inches overall
Condition: good antique original
Price: £10
Status: Sold