Showing 102 items matching button hook
-
Linton and District Historical Society Inc
Accessory - Button Hook
... Button Hook...Button Hook...Silver button hook with angel head ornamentation on handle... Linton 3360 goldfields Button Hook Accessory Button Hook Silver ...Silver button hook with angel head ornamentation on handle. Used for doing up boots or shoes with buttons.clothing accessories, footwear -
Buninyong Visitor Information Centre
Clothing - Button Hook, Button Hook from Jones, Bridge Street, Ballarat
... Button Hook...Button Hook from Jones, Bridge Street, Ballarat...Metal button hook with hoop shaped handle, a narrow shaft..., Ballarat. Footwear Clothing Accessories Button hooks Jones, Bridge ...Item sold by Jones, a shop located in Bridge Street, Ballarat.Metal button hook with hoop shaped handle, a narrow shaft ended with a small hook. The shop details are printed in relief on the handle.Jones, Bridge Street, Ballaratfootwear, clothing accessories, button hooks -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Domestic object - Button hook, n.d
... Button hook...button hook...Button hooks were used to fastens buttons on boots and long...Metal button hook... Cliff Street Portland great-ocean-road Button hook Domestic ...Button hooks were used to fastens buttons on boots and long gloves. It is a tool used for the closing of shoes, gloves or other apparel that uses buttons as fasteners. The steel hook end is inserted through the buttonhole to capture the button by the shank and draw it through the opening.Metal button hookbutton hook, domestic -
Orbost & District Historical Society
button hook, 1895 – 1905
... button hook...clothing footwear gaiters boots button-hook...Button hooks were used to fastens buttons on boots and long...A button hook made of metal with a beaten silver handle... gippsland button hook A button hook made of metal with a beaten ...Button hooks were used to fastens buttons on boots and long gloves. It is a tool used for the closing of shoes, gloves or other apparel that uses buttons as fasteners. The steel hook end is inserted through the buttonhole to capture the button by the shank and draw it through the opening. This hook is most likely to have been used to do up bootsWomen and young girls generally wore boots that were either front laced or side buttoned, particularly in the period from the 1870s . Buttonhooks were needed to do up the buttons on buttoned boots and were used by poking the metal hook through the buttonhole, grabbing the button and pulling it through the eyelet. This item is an example of a commonly used accessory no longer relevant.A button hook made of metal with a beaten silver handle ornately decorated with scrolls and foliate design. At the top is a small ring on the handle end. This could have been for a lady to attach the item to her chatelaine at her belt, or on a necklace. clothing footwear gaiters boots button-hook -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Button Hook - Folding - Clothing
... Button Hook - Folding - Clothing...button hook...Folding button hook would have been used for bringing... hook would have been used for bringing buttons through button ...Folding button hook would have been used for bringing buttons through button holes for clothing such as gloves in Victorian times. this item dates from early 1900s to 1930s.Used by resident of the Kiewa Valley.Silver metal oval surrounding a straight silver metal prong which has a hook at one end and, at the other end, is attached to the oval shape which comes in and extends as a short handle. The hook is hinged on to the oval shape enabling the hook to be pushed out creating a long tool for hooking buttons. May be used on clothing including gloves. button hook, shoes, gloves, boots, clothig, victorian, folding button hook -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Shoe horn and Button Hook, early 20th Century
... Shoe horn and Button Hook...button hook... with a curved button hook at the other end. The item is much worn... and Button Hook This is a metal shoe horn at one end of the item ...An item such as this would have been used by a woman to put on her boots and lace them up. Button up boots were used extensively in the 19th and early 20th centuries and this item would have been common in households at that time.This item has no known local provenance but is retained as an interesting memento of the past.This is a metal shoe horn at one end of the item with a curved button hook at the other end. The item is much worn and stained.women's accessories, shoe horn, button hook, warrnambool history -
Clunes Museum
Tool - BUTTON HOOK
... BUTTON HOOK...THE BUTTON HOOK WAS USED FOR DOING UP GLOVE AND BOOT...METAL BUTTON HOOK - USED FOR DOING GLOVE AND BOOT BUTTONS.... HOOK Tool METAL BUTTON HOOK - USED FOR DOING GLOVE AND BOOT ...THE BUTTON HOOK WAS USED FOR DOING UP GLOVE AND BOOT BUTTONS. USED BY BRENDA TREMBATH'S FAMILYMETAL BUTTON HOOK - USED FOR DOING GLOVE AND BOOT BUTTONS.local history, costume, accessories, female, trembath, perry -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Clothing, button hook, c1900
... Clothing, button hook...A button hook is a tool used for the closing of shoes...A steel, button hook for shoes and gaiters..., button hook A steel, button hook for shoes and gaiters on handle ...A button hook is a tool used for the closing of shoes, gloves or other apparel that uses buttons as fasteners. It consists of a steel hook fixed to a handle which may be simple or decorative. The hook end is inserted through the buttonhole to capture the button by the shank and draw it through the opening. Many were distributed as advertising for a Company, as this is for 'Ezywalkin' footwearWalter David Cookes established the Ezywalkin Shoe Company Pty Ltd in 1901 in Fremantle Western Australia. The Melbourne factory was established in 1910A steel, button hook for shoes and gaiterson handle 'WEAR EZYWALKIN'S SHOES 'clothing, footwear, gaiters, boots, ezywalkin footwear, cookes walter david, company ltd, craftwork, moorabbin, brighton, early settlers, pioneers, cheltenham -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Clothing, button hook, c1900
... Clothing, button hook...A button hook is a tool used for the closing of shoes...A metal button hook for shoes and gaiters with an 'Ivorine..., button hook A metal button hook for shoes and gaiters ...A button hook is a tool used for the closing of shoes, gloves or other apparel that uses buttons as fasteners. It consists of a steel hook fixed to a handle that may be simple or decorative. The hook end is inserted through the buttonhole to capture the button by the shank and draw it through the opening.The family of May Curtis were early settlers in Moorabbin ShireA metal button hook for shoes and gaiters with an 'Ivorine' handleclothing, footwear, gaiters, boots, craftwork, ivorine, moorabbin, brighton, early settlers, pioneers, cheltenham, curtis may -
Coal Creek Community Park & Museum
Button hook
... Button hook...Button hook... Korumburra gippsland Button hook Button hook ...Button hook -
Coal Creek Community Park & Museum
Button hook
... Button hook...Metal button hook... Korumburra gippsland Button hook Metal button hook ...Metal button hook -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Accessory - Button Hook
... Button Hook...Button hook with pearl handle... Mitcham melbourne Button Hook Accessory Button hook with pearl ...Button hook with pearl handlecostume accessories, collar accessories -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Accessory - Button Hook
... Button Hook...Silver coated button hook...Button Hook Accessory Silver coated button hook 'Use Nugget ...Used as advertising material by Nugget Boot Polish Co.Silver coated button hook'Use Nugget Polish'costume accessories, footwear accessories -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Button Hook
... Button Hook...Button hook with mother of pearl handle.... Warrnambool great-ocean-road Button Hook Button hook with mother ...Button hook with mother of pearl handle.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village -
Mont De Lancey
Glove button hook
... Glove button hook...Silver glove button hook with embossing....-and-dandenong-ranges Glove button hook Silver glove button hook ...Silver glove button hook with embossing.buttonhooks, gloves, -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Functional object - Button Hook
... Button Hook...Metal button hook with silver handle....costume accessories female Silver mark Metal button hook ...Metal button hook with silver handle.Silver markcostume accessories, female -
Clunes Museum
Accessory - SHOE BUTTON HOOK
... SHOE BUTTON HOOK...METAL SHOE BUTTON HOOK WITH BONE HANDLE... BUTTON HOOK Accessory METAL SHOE BUTTON HOOK WITH BONE HANDLE ...METAL SHOE BUTTON HOOK WITH BONE HANDLElocal history, personal effects -
Mont De Lancey
Glove button hook, Craig Williamson
... Glove button hook...Small silver glove button hook with pattern....-and-dandenong-ranges Glove button hook Small silver glove button hook ...Small silver glove button hook with pattern.buttonhooks, gloves -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Accessory - Button Hook
... Button Hook...Combined button hook for boots and shoe horn.... Sharwood footwear' Combined button hook for boots and shoe horn ...Combined button hook for boots and shoe horn'High Grade/J.H. Sharwood footwear'costume accessories, footwear accessories -
Mont De Lancey
Button hook
... Button hook...Large silver coated button hook with elaborate handle....-and-dandenong-ranges Button hook Large silver coated button hook ...Large silver coated button hook with elaborate handle.buttonhooks -
Mont De Lancey
Glove button hook
... Glove button hook...Small glove button hook for handbag. Small pattern. ...-and-dandenong-ranges Glove button hook Small glove button hook ...Used by Mrs. Dorothy AdamsonSmall glove button hook for handbag. Small pattern. buttonhooks, handbags, gloves, -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Functional object - Button Hook
... Button Hook...Button hook for boots with amber and green pearlised handle....COSTUME ACCESSORIES Footwear Accessories Button hook ...Button hook for boots with amber and green pearlised handle.costume accessories, footwear accessories -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Button Hook
... Button Hook...Silver button hook with decorated handle. Silver mark...COSTUME ACCESSORIES Clothes Accessories Silver button hook ...Silver button hook with decorated handle. Silver markcostume accessories, clothes accessories -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Accessory - Button Hook
... Button Hook...Button hook set - black oblong box lined with dark blue... Mitcham melbourne Button Hook Accessory Button hook set - black ...Used to catch buttons and pull them through eyelets on button up boots and shoes.Button hook set - black oblong box lined with dark blue satin and velvet containing four button hooks of various sizes. Hooks are silver plated with ornate handles.costume accessories, footwear accessories -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Accessory - Button Hook
... Button Hook...Button hook with bone handle used for fastening buttons... Mitcham melbourne Button Hook Accessory Button hook with bone ...Button hook with bone handle used for fastening buttons on dressescostume accessories, clothes accessories -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Functional object - Button Hook
... Button Hook...Button hook for buttons on shoes. Has grey wooden handles.... Mitcham melbourne Button Hook Functional object Button hook ...Used for buttoning boots.Button hook for buttons on shoes. Has grey wooden handles.costume accessories, footwear accessories -
Mont De Lancey
Glove button hook and pen knife
... Glove button hook and pen knife...A combination glove button hook and pen knife. Silver...-and-dandenong-ranges Glove button hook and pen knife A combination glove ...A combination glove button hook and pen knife. Silver with bone handle.buttonhooks, knives, penknives -
Mont De Lancey
Glove button hook, pocket knife and corkscrew
... Glove button hook, pocket knife and corkscrew....Small combination glove button hook, pocket knife...-and-dandenong-ranges Glove button hook, pocket knife and corkscrew ...Small combination glove button hook, pocket knife and corkscrew with embossing.Embossed.buttonhooks, pocket-knives, corkscrews -
Mont De Lancey
Glove button hook
... Glove button hook...Two silver button hooks. One with patterned handle, one...-and-dandenong-ranges Glove button hook Two silver button hooks. One ...Two silver button hooks. One with patterned handle, one with bone handle.buttonhooks -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Functional object - Button Hook, L G Gert Shoe Company of Seattle, 1900s
... Button Hook...Metal Button hook made by or promoting what appears... Button Hook Functional object Metal Button hook made ...A 'Boutonneur' or Buttoner; is an instrument wherewith buttons are pulled through their o'er-strait holes. To use the implement on a shoe, one firmly grasped the handle, and then inserted the steel hook through the eyelet, grasping the button and pulling it through.Metal Button hook made by or promoting what appears to be LG Gert Shoe Company of SeattleLG Gert Shoe Company of Seattlefootwear accessories, button hooks, boutonneurs, buttoners