A French cloisonné enamel on brass glovehook with remaining traces of gilding. The Buttonhook Society records show only one previous example of cloisonné buttonhooks so this is certainly rare if not almost unique. The French attribution relates not only to the enamel but also to the “shepherds crook”

Item reference: 2779
Dimensions: 5 inches overall
Condition: apart from gilding loss, good original
Price: £75 GB
Status: Sold

a silver and enamel glove hook with Isle of Mann coat of arms & British Crown. It has the makers mark W.J.H for William James Holmes, established in 1898 at Hockley Street, Birmingham

Item reference: 2839
Dimensions: 2 and 1/2 inches overall
Condition: good original
Price: £28 GB
Status: Sold

an engraved silver handled buttonhook by Gorham Manufacturing Co, of Providence, Rhode Island USA. It is marked STERLING B266

Item reference: 3033
Dimensions: 6 inches overall
Condition: good original
Price: £7 GB
Status: Sold

a heavy quality silver handled BOOT buttonhook by William Comyns in a peacock feather design, established in 1859 at 44 Beak Street, Regent Street, London

Item reference: 3252
Dimensions: 12 inches overall
Condition: good original
Price: £35 GB
Status: Sold

a figural silver handled buttonhook in the form of a snarling “big cat”. There is some debate as to whether it is a leopard or panther, I prefer the latter! It is by  Adie & Lovekin, established in 1879 at Regent Street, Birmingham but the hallmark is rubbed. The Buttonhook Society has recorded examples hallmarked from 1897 to 1901

Item reference: 2966
Dimensions: 7 and 3/4 inches overall
Condition: good original
Price: £40 GB
Status: Sold

a French rosewood STANHOPE multi tool glove buttonhook in the form of a violin with buttonhook, knife blade and nail file .There is a Stanhope lens with multiple views of Paris, including Bastille ,Notre dame, Pantheon, Les Invalides, l’Arc de Triomphe, L’Opera, Le Sacre Couer, Place Vendome and the Eiffel Tower. The mechanical action of the tools is good . The shield on one side is marked DEPOSE confirming it’s French origin

Item reference: 3021
Dimensions: 2 and 1/2 inches closed
Condition: some oxidisation to the steel but the mechanical action of the tools is good
Price: £58 GB
Status: Sold

Whitby Jet hand carved glove buttonhook with carving of Whitby Abbey

Item reference: 2422
Dimensions: 3 and 5/8 inches overall
Condition: good original
Price: £38 GB
Status: Sold

A Victorian silver pistol grip handled boot buttonhook by William Hutton & Sons, established in 1880 at 27 High Street, Sheffield. It is hallmarked for Sheffield 1888. One of two larger & heavier silver handled BOOT HOOKS. These were used by ladies to close buttons on Victorian/Edwardian stiff leather boots, also longer to cope with bending in tight corsets which were the fashion of the day!

Item reference: 2921
Dimensions: 13 inches overall
Condition: good original
Price: £35 GB
Status: Sold

a silver handled pistol grip Victorian buttonhook by an unknown Birmingham maker “HR” and date letter (r) for 1897. What makes this buttonhook unusual and a step-up in quality is the silver plated twisted shank. The twist would have have been hot forged in a Sheffield forge, an expensive process.

Item reference: 3331
Dimensions: 9 and 1/4 inches overall
Condition: sundry tiny "nicks" on the silver handle
Price: £15 GB
Status: Sold

a Victorian cast silver eagles claw with steel shaft & holding a silver ball by Charles Boyton, established at Upper Charles Street, London in 1809. Boyton is known for producing some of the earliest silver boot buttonhooks, almost all with figural handles of birds & animals. They are quality items and much sought after. This eagles claw is hallmarked with Victoria’s head for London 1889

Item reference: 3007
Dimensions: 12 and 1/2 inches overall
Condition: good original with very little wear of the silver handle
Price: £140 GB
Status: Sold