Button Hook
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This button hook was used by Annie Meredith Brown (née Nicholls) and her daughter Annie Meredith Bailey (née Brown).
Button hooks were mainly used for doing up buttons on shoes and boots.
Small button hook with bone handle, the hook folds inwards and opens out like a penknife.
