What: I collect button hooks. Hooks were used to button shoes, spats, men’s collars and ladies’ long gloves. (Spats were fabric or leather covers that went over the top of the shoe and ankle.) They ...

These are made with a mother of pearl handle and were in the owner's family for years. Comments are closed for this object What's this? Most of the content on A History of the World is created by the ...

Shoe button hook, part of a costume worn by actress Gwyneth Hughes in the original Broadway production of the play The Corn is Green. According to the donor, Hughes' daughter, the "Welsh national ...