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
