Antique American Sterling Silver Button Hook Roped Top 7.125

This is an antique sterling silver button hook that is marked simply with Sterling, so most likely of American origin. It has a wonderful knotted rope design top. This antique sterling silver button hook is part of the collection of button hooks that was amassed by a long time collector. It measures 7 1/8 in length - the sterling silver part is from the marking and up has a length of 3 1/4 while the rest is steel. It weighs 33 grams (1.16 oz). It is in very good condition.
This is an interesting button hook - unusual roped form!