Functional object - Button Hook, L G Gert Shoe Company of Seattle, 1900s

Historical information

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.

Physical description

Metal Button hook made by or promoting what appears to be LG Gert Shoe Company of Seattle

Inscriptions & markings

LG Gert Shoe Company of Seattle

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