Button hooks

Object/Artifact

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Waterperry Museum

Two button hools

Two button hools

Name/Title

Button hooks

Entry/Object ID

2025.1.760

Description

Two button hooks, metal rods with curved end attached to (top) bone handle and (bottom) possibly bakelite or plastic handle.

Cataloged By

Felix Lam

Category

Saddlers, Shoemakers, Cobblers, Domestic

Acquisition

Accession

2025.1

Source or Donor

Gordon Dempster

Acquisition Method

Transfer

Dimensions

Length

120 mm

Weight

16 g

Dimension Notes

Longer button hook wgt: 13 g; length 140 mm

Material

Metal, Bone, Plastic, Bakelite

Location

* Untyped Location

C8S3

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Web Links and URLs

The Shoe Museum, Northampton, UK