Large buttohook with sterling silver handle and steel hook. Sterling handle features a teardrop or Paisley shape, covered in modelled scrollwork. Small flowers and dots fill in negative space of scrollwork. One side of handle contains a blank cartouche within the scrollwork. The cartouche has suffered a smalld dent. Several hallmarks are punched into flange band. Steel hook is entirely tarnished to a deep brownish-black.

Glass buttonhook broken into three pieces. Lampwork made. Clear glass body with spiralling blue stripe, topped by handle covered in red and blue and white dots. Triangular hanging loop with smaller glass loop attached. Has small tag attached to triangular loop that reads: Side 1 "Phila. Cent. 1876" Side 2 "$48- to B227 AS"

Small buttonhook made from two pieces. Hardwood handle, turned with rounded taper end and series of graduated reeds terminating above metal components. Small bras joining flange inserted into wood handle, into which the steel hook shaft is set. Brass pin pierces wood handle and metal components inside. Dicoloration of steel hook shaft from tarnish.

Buttonhook of sterling silver with handle and hook separate (steel). Handle of silver is shaped like silverware, possibly "up-cycled." small oval cartouche in handle, left blank. A bit of black discoloration on hook.

Small buttonhook made from a small steel hook shaft which runs through a turned wooden handle. Wooden handle features discoloration from use, while steel hook shaft has sustained tarnishing and spots of rust.

Small sterling silver buttonhook made by Danish silversmith Georg Jensen. Marked "A112." Hook hinges into small silver loop, at the top of which is attached a small loop.

Larger buttonhook with sterling silver handle and steel hook. Lion, anchor (Birmingham) and small letter "B" stamped into handle of buttonhook, which is fluted and covered in small floral vines. Bulbous at top and bottom, while mid section of handle narrows.

Medium-sized steel buttonhook made from simple hook shaft with oval loop at top for handle. Darkened with tarnish.

Brass buttonhook with flat rectangular handle. Onto one side is etched a mountain scene, and the other features a rising dragon. Partially obscuring the bottom half of the dragon is a scultupted brass overlay in the shape of a man with cane, holding up a vessel, with large full moon behind his head and back (Orientalism). Minimal tarnish from age.

Medium to large buttonhook with stering silver molded handle and steel hook shaft. Sterling handle has an overall baroque shape, with small flowers and geometric trellis detail rendered in Art & Crafts or early Art Nouveau designway. Sterling handle is marked "STERLING ." Steel handle has small spots of tarnish.

Medium to small-sized buttonhook. Hardwood handle in dark colorway, turned with ball on top of a taper, terminating in graduated fluting to steel hook shaft. Brass spin sets steel hook shaft into wood handle. Steel hook shaft has sustained a bit of discoloration from tarnish.

Small-sized steel advertising buttonhook and handle. Handle is bent into kidney shape, flattened, then embossed with swirling pattern on one sides. Other side features advertisement for: "TODD'S BOOT SHOP, 52 CLINTON AV.N. OPP. MASONIC TEMPLE." Tarnish across surface, areas of rust. Areas of paint.

Medium-sized buttonhook with sterling silver handle and steel hook. Sterling handle features ornate rococo-revival design. Scrollwork cylindrical interior handle, flanked by larger scrolls with pearldrop ridge on either side, topped with large clamshell or palmette which is pierced. Hallmarked "STERLING" on flange area of hook shaft. Shaft is tarnished with small blackened areas.

Buttonhook made from sterling silver handle, and steel hook lower portion. Faceted to six sides, and rounded finial on top. Marked "sterling" on side facet.

Small buttonhook made from steel hook shaft. Handle section of steel hook shaft is flattened, with bone slats "sandwiching" shaft, riveted in place by two rivets. Natural variation on color across bone grain. Steel hook shaft sustains discoloration from tarnish.

Buttonhook of sterling silver with silver markings/registration marks on top of hook rod. Handle of buttonhook is spiraled, leading to a small orb on top as a finial.

Small buttonhook with mother of pearl handle carved into a feather or knife-like shape. Handle is set into small shank, out of which is a wire diamond to serve as "hook." Discoloration on wire.

Small buttonhook made from a small steel hook shaft which runs through a turned wooden handle. Wooden handle features discoloration from use, while steel hook shaft has sustained tarnishing and spots of rust. Wood handle ogee has a single carved ring at its upper apogee. Steel hook shaft has sustained many small dents and is pitted.

Medium-sized steel buttonhook made from simple hook shaft with oval loop at top for handle. Darkened with tarnish.

Small buttonhook made from a small steel hook shaft which runs through a turned wooden handle. Wooden handle features discoloration from use, while steel hook shaft has sustained tarnishing and spots of rust.

Medium-sized buttonhook. Brass hook shaft has ball on non-hook end, with a d-ring passing through head of ball - most likely for hanging from a chatelaine. Punched brass relief of c-scrolls, rounds, and undulations is wrapped around the top end of the brass shaft, forming a handle. No visible markings. Dulled from tarnish and age.

All-steel buttonhook and matching shoehorn in original box. Wooden box covered in black faux-leather material, within inside lined with faded purple silk satin, and black velvet molded recesses for horn and hook. Both horn and hook are stamped with "steel" and are modelled with a rococo-revival style pattern. Cartouches in the center of each handle, but no engraving in cartouches.

Small steel buttonhook made from simple hook shaft with circle loop at top for handle. Darkened with tarnish and small areas/spots of rust.

Small buttonhook, most likely a glove button hook. Handle is made of carved mother-of-pearl (MOP) in the shape of a palmette. Set into sterling silver shank with embossed scrolling floral work. Steel hook.

Medium-sized steel buttonhook and handle. Handle is bent into oval and flattened. On one side reads: "H. J. NIEWERDE. ROCHESTER N. Y." Tarnish across surface.

Large buttonhook made from hardwood handle in dark colorway, and steel hook shaft. Some tarnish spots on steel hook shaft.

Medium-sized buttonhook with cast metal handle and steel hook shaft. Cast metal handle features leafy motifs and small rounds, all on a sand-textured field. O-ring on top of handle, possibly for hanging from a chatelaine. Steel hook shaft has a bit of tarnish toward hook ends. No visible markings.

Medium-sized steel buttonhook made from simple hook shaft with oval loop at top for handle. Darkened with tarnish.

One sterling silver buttonhook. Modelled handle of flowers. Sterling marking and "225" on handle. Steel hook - rusted a bit.

Medium-sized steel buttonhook and handle. Handle is bent into kidney shape, flattened, then embossed with swirling pattern on both sides. No visible markings. Tarnish across surface, areas of rust.

Large buttonhook made from two pieces. Steel hook shaft attached to handle of molded metal in dark colorway. Handle is round and wider at top end, covered in rococo-revival scrollwork. Spots of tarnish on steel hook shaft, areas of old polish accumulated in details on scrollwork of handle.

Buttonhook made from sterling silver. Handle has relief of leafy flowers or vine, with negative relief darkened along with hook portion of buttonhook.

Medium-sized buttonhook comprised of a steel hook shaft and a series of applied, pressed slugs mimicking ancient Roman currency. Slugs are metal rounds pressed into relief of emperors, empress/queen, and charioteer. Steel shaft is pouned flat forming a handle, upon which are soldered the fake coins in "kissing" position. Tarnishing across surface of entire buttonhook.

Small buttonhook made from steel hook shaft and cast pewter handle. The handle is in the shape of a man, in profile. Tarnish across surface, with a few spots of wear on the handle.

Small buttonhook made from sterling silver pointed loop (hook), attached to a chain and metal ball made from fleur-de-lis filigree of unknown metal.

Small buttonhook of metal made from hook on hinge. The hook closes into metal body of two halves, decorated on either side in relief. Wear from age.

Medium-sized steel buttonhook and handle. Handle is bent into kidney shape then embossed with swirling pattern on both sides. No visible markings. Tarnish across surface, areas of rust.

Medium-sized steel buttonhook and handle. Handle is bent into kidney shape, flattened, then embossed with swirling pattern on both sides. No visible markings. Tarnish across surface, areas of rust.

Small cast-steel buttonhook featuring center scrollwork and endcaps of scrollwork and palmette. No visible markings.

Buttonhook with sterling silver handle, with hook of steel. Handle is modelled with curly scrollwork, with small cartouche in center top, left blank. Hook has considerable discoloration (black).

Small buttonhook with steel hook shaft and handle made from carved mother of pearl. Significant rust on steel hook shaft.

Large buttonhook with sterling silver handle and steel hook attached. Sterling silver handle is rounded and larger at top end, featuring hammered effect across entirety of handle's surface. Silver hallmarks punched in flange connecting handle to steel hook haft. Steel hook has small black spots or tarnish and punched word "ENGLISHMAKE."

One sterling silver buttonhook. Modelled handle. Sterling marking on handle. Steel hook - rusted a bit.

Large metal buttonhook. Metal handle is cast from a dark metal in a rococo-revival style. Top of handle features an oval cartouche topped by and resting in molded scrollwork. Beneath cartouche the handle is a narrow taper, terminating in more scrollwork. Center of cartouche and tapering handle feature panels of Champlevé - etched metal filled in with red and black enamel. Steel hook shaft sustains a bit of dicoloration from tarnish.

Small steel buttonhook made from simple hook shaft with circle loop at top for handle. Darkened with tarnish and small areas/spots of rust.

A small buttonhook, most likely a glove button hook. The hook is a steel loop, attached to a modelled handle of sterling silver "Sterling" marking on one side of handle.

Small-sized steel glove buttonhook made from simple hook shaft with oval loop at top for handle. Darkened with tarnish.

Buttonhook made from sterling silver, marked "sterling" in handle. Handle is modelled in Art Nouveau style flowers and twisting lines of vines. Hook is of steel.

Small buttonhook made with thick steel wire in the shape of a diamond, which runs through a turned wooden handle. Wooden handle features discoloration from use, while steel wire has sustained tarnishing.

Brass buttonhook and shoehorn combination. Shoehorn end features Japanese-style etching of bird rising up a mountain landscape, sun shining, and sakura blossom in foreground. Three-dimensional smaller bird is applied in lower portion of sherhorn. Sakura branch etched into reverse side of shoehorn. Brass is dulled from age. No visible markings.

Olive green silk with 8 high cane hoops, double self-frills around the front edge; 2 smaller hoops forming flat back plane, fabric drawn toward straight line in center; 4-inch cape; tarlatan lining; black heavy thread from center front; fragment of 3 /4” tan ribbon at side fronts; yellow ribbons pinned.

Hand stitched (once emerald) green sheer wool rep calash: fine silk? warp; slightly thicker wool weft. 13 canes, 6 'peaks'. Self frill around face. 8” cape at base. Back and cape lined with coarse tarlatan (?). Narrow green silk ribbon at top left; wider green silk ties at chin– 1 sewn; 1 pinned.

Entirely hand stitched green silk on cane ribs. Bavolet; quilled frill around face, cording in hems. Teardrop shape in back, light green silk bow at base. Wire form for neck opening. Green silk 1/25” ribbon ties. Large. No lining. Pencilled inscription inside on cardboard base of back panel reads: “Charles Treman, Ithaca, NY”

Entirely hand stitched green silk. 9 canes or hoops.double caned teardrop shape in back with self bow at bottom; 2.5” bavolet. 2.5” green silk ribbon ties, 3/4” green silk ribbon loop attached to sides of front. Double piped frilled edges on front edge. No lining; silk covered cardboard lining piece basted inside back over teardrop.12 1/4” high x 11 3/4” wide. Back height:

Calash, light tan sheer wool blend 1800-1825 Hand stitched semi-sheer wool/silk blend [?], soft light tan. Cane hoops, “valleys” simply stitched to form creases. Self bow, self edged in center back, matching PW silk ribbon with coarsely pinked ends. Remains of a narrow matching ribbon on proper left, near forehead. No lining. Double kilted frill around front edge. Bavolet or cape.

Tiny calash made of soft green silk, fitted over 4 pairs of canes, neck formed of heavy wire. Wadded and lined with thin pale pink silk. Oval shape with 2 canes within the rear panel. Gathered bavolet lined with thin pale pink silk. Typical double corded frill on front edge. The wool wadding is quite soft.

Entirely hand-stitched small infant cap made of fine white cotton lawn; small circular crown outlined with a row of French stitches, caul high on the side of the head; 6 very fine casings toward the front with drawstrings on one side; two more casings next to the edge are tied in the center; drawstrings in center back; self frill around entire cap; with additional 2 rows behind on the front edge; frills edged with very narrow lace; narrow linen tape ties.

Woman's day cap of white cotton dimity check with white cotton muslin or lawn ruffles. The brim is cut to fit closely, with extensions at the jaw on either side to hold the ties; there are narrow, embroidered insertions in the seams at the top of the head and at the back. Full, round crown. The ruffle around the face is wider than the ruffle that edges the bottom. Dimity check ties, which seem to be cut off. Hand sewn.

Entirely hand-stitched cap made of sheer lawn. Deep brim; horseshoe crown with frill across back; brim has rows of tucks edged with narrow handmade lace matching all around; wide self ties with tucks across the bottom and lace on the edge.

Entirely hand-stitched cap made of heavy white cotton. Broderie anglaise pattern crudely executed as tambour work; small horseshoe crown shaped by self drawstrings in back casing; long oval lappets; extra layer across top of brim.