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Rare 18th Century Steel Pendant Watch Hook
Digby Antiques (Wiltshire)
for sale €263     $286
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Rare 18th Century Steel Pendant Watch Hook

18th century
Description

These are rare survivors and were used for attaching the watch chain and watch to the bed drapes.

The five pence piece has been included to show how small this hook is.

Examples can be found on page 225 of How The Watch Was Worn by Genevieve Cummins.

W 1 cm

H 1.9 cm

D 0.2 cm

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Digby Antiques (Wiltshire) has dated this Antique Steel Watch Hook to the 18th Century.

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SA1008688
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Description
These are rare survivors and were used for attaching the watch chain and watch to the bed drapes.

The five pence piece has been included to show how small this hook is.

Examples can be found on page 225 of How The Watch Was Worn by Genevieve Cummins.

W 1 cm

H 1.9 cm

D 0.2 cm

Date of Manufacture

Digby Antiques (Wiltshire) has dated this Antique Steel Watch Hook to the 18th Century.

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Digby Antiques (Wiltshire)
Digby Antiques (Wiltshire)
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A small dark steel 18th-century pendant watch hook featuring a circular top suspension loop and a square body with a central pierced cutout motif.
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Archive I A small dark steel 18th-century pendant watch hook featuring a circular top suspension loop and a square body with a central pierced cutout motif.

Rare 18th century steel pendant watch hook

Archive II A small dark steel 18th-century pendant watch hook featuring a circular top suspension loop and a square body with a central pierced cutout motif. View II
Archive III A small dark steel 18th-century pendant watch hook featuring a circular top suspension loop and a square body with a central pierced cutout motif. View III
Archive IV A small dark steel 18th-century pendant watch hook featuring a circular top suspension loop and a square body with a central pierced cutout motif. View IV
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Digby Antiques (Wiltshire)

Digby Antiques (Wiltshire)
Telephone 07710 931929
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Wiltshire
United Kingdom
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A small dark steel 18th-century pendant watch hook featuring a circular top suspension loop and a square body with a central pierced cutout motif.
Rare 18th century steel pendant watch hook
Ref: SA1008688
A small dark steel 18th-century pendant watch hook featuring a circular top suspension loop and a square body with a central pierced cutout motif.
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FAQs

During the 18th century, steel pendant hooks were functional horological accessories used to secure pocket watches, keys, and seals to a waistband, chatelaine, or waistcoat pocket.

These items were typically hand-forged or cut from steel, featuring pierced geometric designs, hand-filed decorative apertures, and integrated suspension loops.

Authentic pieces show evidence of hand-filing, slight asymmetry from manual craftsmanship, appropriate patination or surface oxidisation, and period-correct pierced motifs without modern machine tool marks.

These historical steel objects are often displayed within framed shadow boxes, mounted alongside antique pocket watches, or worn as unique pendant charms on modern chains.

Keep steel items in a dry, low-humidity environment to prevent rust formation, clean gently with a soft microfibre cloth, and apply a light coat of microcrystalline wax if necessary for protection.
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