Antique Sterling Silver Button Hook Adie Lovekin Birmingham tropical print dress Hemline: 50” around

Hemline:  50” around

There are two large gold beads missing

much of it unused

Material: Cotton velvet and acrylic pile

turned cuffs and is made in a longer silhouette

Antique Sterling Silver Button Hook Adie Lovekin Birmingham tropical print dress Hemline: 50” aroundThis is an antique sterling silver button hook that is hallmarked with the anchor, denoting the Birmingham assay office, the initials A & L. LD., which stand for Adie & Lovekin, and the Queens head. I cant make out the last hallmark, which might be a date letter or the lion. The Queens head, however, means that the piece pre dates 1890 and the style of the Adie & Lovekin initials are known to have been used between 1889 and 1890. This antique sterling