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Victorian Silver Handled Button Hook with Winged Creature
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Victorian Silver Handled Button Hook with Winged Creature

19th century
Description

Stunning large Victorian silver handled button hook with a wonderfully detailed winged creature. A beautiful example of detailing and an unusual bird make this a brilliant gift for someone that collects button hooks or interesting silver items.

 

There are full hallmarks for Birmingham 1888 Horton & Allday which can be seen just above the join with the button hook section.

 

Condition: In good antique condition. There is a small ding on the beak and the steel hook is ever so slightly bent at the end.

 

Measurements: Length: 35 cm (steel hook 23 cm long) Weight: 123 grams

 

Weights and measurements are approximate.

 

Declaration

Woodbridge Antiques has dated this Victorian Silver Button Hook to the Victorian era.

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43089
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Stunning large Victorian silver handled button hook with a wonderfully detailed winged creature.
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A beautiful example of detailing and an unusual bird make this a brilliant gift for someone that collects button hooks or interesting silver items.
Woodbridge Antiques
fig 1. An antique Victorian silver button hook handle intricately embossed with a mythical winged creature.
fig 1. Victorian Silver Handled Button Hook with Winged Creature

 

There are full hallmarks for Birmingham 1888 Horton & Allday which can be seen just above the join with the button hook section.

 

Condition: In good antique condition. There is a small ding on the beak and the steel hook is ever so slightly bent at the end.

 

Measurements: Length: 35 cm (steel hook 23 cm long) Weight: 123 grams

 

Weights and measurements are approximate.

 

Date of Manufacture

Woodbridge Antiques has dated this Victorian Silver Button Hook to the Victorian era.

Reference Numbers
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SA1202350
Dealers Internal Ref
43089
Woodbridge Antiques
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Specialists in quality antique silver, fine jewellery & accessories

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Woodbridge Antiques

Woodbridge Antiques
Telephone 01394 387 210
Location
Westerfield Business Centre
Main Road
Westerfield
Suffolk
IP6 9AB
United Kingdom

By appointment only.
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An antique Victorian silver button hook handle intricately embossed with a mythical winged creature.
Victorian silver handled button hook with winged creature
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An antique Victorian silver button hook handle intricately embossed with a mythical winged creature.
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FAQs

Button hooks were essential daily tools used during the Victorian era to pull small buttons through tight buttonholes on boots, shoes, corsets, and gloves.

Victorian button hooks typically featured a strong steel shaft paired with decorative handles crafted from sterling silver, silver plate, mother-of-pearl, ivory, or carved bone.

Authentic silver pieces from the Victorian era usually carry British hallmarks or makers marks near the base of the handle and feature hand-chased or cast relief ornamentation.

These decorative vanity items are often displayed inside glass cloches, placed on silver trays, mounted in shadow boxes, or arranged alongside vanity collectibles on a dressing table.

The silver handle should be polished gently with a specialized silver polishing cloth to remove tarnish, avoiding abrasive cleaners that could strip oxidized detailing or damage adjacent metals.
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