Mustad’s Qual. 4054 was sold as Mustad-Virginia Hooks. The label specification reads Hollow Point, Flatted Blued: a blind eye made by flattening the shank end, and a blued finish.
The page records seven hooks of the model mounted on a Mustad sales card. No catalog or price list for Qual. 4054 has yet been found, so its wire gauge, proportions and intended use remain undocumented.
Photographic record
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IMG-1Mustad — New entry — image 1 Sales card with seven Qual. 4054 Mustad-Virginia Hooks, Nos. 2 to 8, in the lower row. The upper row and the right-hand label are Qual. 3740 Mustad-Cincinnati Bass Hooks.
2How to identify it
The label gives the pattern number after Qual., so this model reads Qual. 4054, with the name Mustad-Virginia Hooks. Look for the small bit key at the left of the label, with the word Brand beneath it.
The recorded card also holds Qual. 3740 Mustad-Cincinnati Bass Hooks, labelled Ringed Bright. A loose hook from such a card can be told apart by its shank end: the 4054 ends in a flattened tab with no eye.
The label states Hollow Point. On the recorded hooks the point tapers in a straight line from the barb to a fine tip, in line with the point leg P. Rust scale hides the inside profile, so the hollow form cannot be confirmed from the photographs.
The shank is straight and plain, without rings, slices or kinks P. In face-on view the wire keeps an even width through the bend, consistent with unforged round wire I. Forging on the other axis and any offset cannot be judged, because the hooks are tied flat to the card.
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4Specimens, packaging, and label
This record documents 7 specimens. Each describes itself only; none stands for every example of the model.
Heavy corrosion with raised rust scale and pitting. Not broken or bent; thread ties intact.
Packaging condition
Fair — significant wear, partially legible
Wear
card, top left corner: Corner lost along a curved, frayed edge, with a chip into the printed border. LBL-14
Wear
card, top right corner and upper right edge: Torn loss exposing grey-brown board; a small rusted metal fastener sits at the corner with rust staining around it. LBL-15
Wear
card, bottom right corner: Hole with a rusted metal fastener remnant and rust staining in the border. LBL-16
Wear
card, bottom left corner: Edge loss and wear along the lower left edge and border. LBL-17
Wear
card, right field below the 3740 label: Vertical orange streak stains, a pale scuff, and light surface marks. LBL-18
Wear
4054 label, left margin: Small holes through the quantity numeral and in the left floral border; abraded paper with lifted fibres at the lower left corner; brown specks and short brown streaks above and right of the numeral. LBL-19
Wear
4054 label, centre: Faint lighter streak running roughly top to bottom through the centre of the label, possibly a soft crease or rub. LBL-20
Wear
3740 label, above Ringed: Small orange fleck on the surface. LBL-21
LBL-9 printed · card, bottom centre above the border fromIMG-1IMG-3
OSLO - NORWAY
LBL-10 stamp · card, inside the bend of each lower-row hook, violet ink fromIMG-1IMG-2IMG-3
8 7 6 5 4 3 2
LBL-11 stamp · card, inside the bend of each upper-row hook, violet ink, digits unevenly inked within several numbers fromIMG-1
16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
LBL-12 handwritten · 3740 label, lower left beside No. fromIMG-1IMG-3
Short illegible violet-grey stroke mark; no characters can be read.
LBL-13 pencil · card, between the No. 4 shank and the No. 3 point fromIMG-2IMG-3
Short thin broken grey horizontal line; it may be a pencil line or part of the pale background print.
Trademark
Bit key device: an oval bow with a two-lobed opening, a straight stem, and a stepped E-shaped bit. It is printed small on the label between Ke[?] and Brand, and large and pale across the card centre with KEY and BRAND either side of a vertically fluted stem.
As entered on the specimen record
O. MUSTAD & SÖN
MANUFACTURERS
OSLO - NORWAY
Qual. 4054
Hollow Point
Mustad-Virginia Hooks
Flatted Blued
Made in Norway
Ke[?]
Brand
1[?]0
No.
Layout
Green label at lower left of the card. The main text block runs down the centre and right. A left column carries Ke[?] above a key device and Brand below it, then a damaged quantity numeral (1[?]0, probably 100) and No., with nothing entered after No.
Printed marks
Card print: O. MUSTAD & SÖN. FISHHOOK MANUFACTURERS (top band); KEY BRAND either side of a large pale key device (centre); OSLO - NORWAY (bottom centre).
Violet stamped size numeral 8 inside the bend of the hook.
Care of this specimen: Keep the card flat and dry, and leave the thread ties in place.
Heavy corrosion with raised rust scale and pitting. Not broken or bent; thread ties intact.
Packaging condition
Fair — significant wear, partially legible
Wear
card, top left corner: Corner lost along a curved, frayed edge, with a chip into the printed border. LBL-14
Wear
card, top right corner and upper right edge: Torn loss exposing grey-brown board; a small rusted metal fastener sits at the corner with rust staining around it. LBL-15
Wear
card, bottom right corner: Hole with a rusted metal fastener remnant and rust staining in the border. LBL-16
Wear
card, bottom left corner: Edge loss and wear along the lower left edge and border. LBL-17
Wear
card, right field below the 3740 label: Vertical orange streak stains, a pale scuff, and light surface marks. LBL-18
Wear
4054 label, left margin: Small holes through the quantity numeral and in the left floral border; abraded paper with lifted fibres at the lower left corner; brown specks and short brown streaks above and right of the numeral. LBL-19
Wear
4054 label, centre: Faint lighter streak running roughly top to bottom through the centre of the label, possibly a soft crease or rub. LBL-20
Wear
3740 label, above Ringed: Small orange fleck on the surface. LBL-21
LBL-9 printed · card, bottom centre above the border fromIMG-1IMG-3
OSLO - NORWAY
LBL-10 stamp · card, inside the bend of each lower-row hook, violet ink fromIMG-1IMG-2IMG-3
8 7 6 5 4 3 2
LBL-11 stamp · card, inside the bend of each upper-row hook, violet ink, digits unevenly inked within several numbers fromIMG-1
16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
LBL-12 handwritten · 3740 label, lower left beside No. fromIMG-1IMG-3
Short illegible violet-grey stroke mark; no characters can be read.
LBL-13 pencil · card, between the No. 4 shank and the No. 3 point fromIMG-2IMG-3
Short thin broken grey horizontal line; it may be a pencil line or part of the pale background print.
Trademark
Bit key device: an oval bow with a two-lobed opening, a straight stem, and a stepped E-shaped bit. It is printed small on the label between Ke[?] and Brand, and large and pale across the card centre with KEY and BRAND either side of a vertically fluted stem.
As entered on the specimen record
O. MUSTAD & SÖN
MANUFACTURERS
OSLO - NORWAY
Qual. 4054
Hollow Point
Mustad-Virginia Hooks
Flatted Blued
Made in Norway
Ke[?]
Brand
1[?]0
No.
Layout
Green label at lower left of the card. The main text block runs down the centre and right. A left column carries Ke[?] above a key device and Brand below it, then a damaged quantity numeral (1[?]0, probably 100) and No., with nothing entered after No.
Printed marks
Card print: O. MUSTAD & SÖN. FISHHOOK MANUFACTURERS (top band); KEY BRAND either side of a large pale key device (centre); OSLO - NORWAY (bottom centre).
Violet stamped size numeral 7 inside the bend of the hook.
Care of this specimen: Keep the card flat and dry, and leave the thread ties in place.
Heavy corrosion with raised rust scale and pitting. Not broken or bent; thread ties intact.
Packaging condition
Fair — significant wear, partially legible
Wear
card, top left corner: Corner lost along a curved, frayed edge, with a chip into the printed border. LBL-14
Wear
card, top right corner and upper right edge: Torn loss exposing grey-brown board; a small rusted metal fastener sits at the corner with rust staining around it. LBL-15
Wear
card, bottom right corner: Hole with a rusted metal fastener remnant and rust staining in the border. LBL-16
Wear
card, bottom left corner: Edge loss and wear along the lower left edge and border. LBL-17
Wear
card, right field below the 3740 label: Vertical orange streak stains, a pale scuff, and light surface marks. LBL-18
Wear
4054 label, left margin: Small holes through the quantity numeral and in the left floral border; abraded paper with lifted fibres at the lower left corner; brown specks and short brown streaks above and right of the numeral. LBL-19
Wear
4054 label, centre: Faint lighter streak running roughly top to bottom through the centre of the label, possibly a soft crease or rub. LBL-20
Wear
3740 label, above Ringed: Small orange fleck on the surface. LBL-21
LBL-9 printed · card, bottom centre above the border fromIMG-1IMG-3
OSLO - NORWAY
LBL-10 stamp · card, inside the bend of each lower-row hook, violet ink fromIMG-1IMG-2IMG-3
8 7 6 5 4 3 2
LBL-11 stamp · card, inside the bend of each upper-row hook, violet ink, digits unevenly inked within several numbers fromIMG-1
16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
LBL-12 handwritten · 3740 label, lower left beside No. fromIMG-1IMG-3
Short illegible violet-grey stroke mark; no characters can be read.
LBL-13 pencil · card, between the No. 4 shank and the No. 3 point fromIMG-2IMG-3
Short thin broken grey horizontal line; it may be a pencil line or part of the pale background print.
Trademark
Bit key device: an oval bow with a two-lobed opening, a straight stem, and a stepped E-shaped bit. It is printed small on the label between Ke[?] and Brand, and large and pale across the card centre with KEY and BRAND either side of a vertically fluted stem.
As entered on the specimen record
O. MUSTAD & SÖN
MANUFACTURERS
OSLO - NORWAY
Qual. 4054
Hollow Point
Mustad-Virginia Hooks
Flatted Blued
Made in Norway
Ke[?]
Brand
1[?]0
No.
Layout
Green label at lower left of the card. The main text block runs down the centre and right. A left column carries Ke[?] above a key device and Brand below it, then a damaged quantity numeral (1[?]0, probably 100) and No., with nothing entered after No.
Printed marks
Card print: O. MUSTAD & SÖN. FISHHOOK MANUFACTURERS (top band); KEY BRAND either side of a large pale key device (centre); OSLO - NORWAY (bottom centre).
Violet stamped size numeral 6 inside the bend of the hook.
Care of this specimen: Keep the card flat and dry, and leave the thread ties in place.
Heavy corrosion with raised rust scale and pitting. Not broken or bent; thread ties intact.
Packaging condition
Fair — significant wear, partially legible
Wear
card, top left corner: Corner lost along a curved, frayed edge, with a chip into the printed border. LBL-14
Wear
card, top right corner and upper right edge: Torn loss exposing grey-brown board; a small rusted metal fastener sits at the corner with rust staining around it. LBL-15
Wear
card, bottom right corner: Hole with a rusted metal fastener remnant and rust staining in the border. LBL-16
Wear
card, bottom left corner: Edge loss and wear along the lower left edge and border. LBL-17
Wear
card, right field below the 3740 label: Vertical orange streak stains, a pale scuff, and light surface marks. LBL-18
Wear
4054 label, left margin: Small holes through the quantity numeral and in the left floral border; abraded paper with lifted fibres at the lower left corner; brown specks and short brown streaks above and right of the numeral. LBL-19
Wear
4054 label, centre: Faint lighter streak running roughly top to bottom through the centre of the label, possibly a soft crease or rub. LBL-20
Wear
3740 label, above Ringed: Small orange fleck on the surface. LBL-21
LBL-9 printed · card, bottom centre above the border fromIMG-1IMG-3
OSLO - NORWAY
LBL-10 stamp · card, inside the bend of each lower-row hook, violet ink fromIMG-1IMG-2IMG-3
8 7 6 5 4 3 2
LBL-11 stamp · card, inside the bend of each upper-row hook, violet ink, digits unevenly inked within several numbers fromIMG-1
16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
LBL-12 handwritten · 3740 label, lower left beside No. fromIMG-1IMG-3
Short illegible violet-grey stroke mark; no characters can be read.
LBL-13 pencil · card, between the No. 4 shank and the No. 3 point fromIMG-2IMG-3
Short thin broken grey horizontal line; it may be a pencil line or part of the pale background print.
Trademark
Bit key device: an oval bow with a two-lobed opening, a straight stem, and a stepped E-shaped bit. It is printed small on the label between Ke[?] and Brand, and large and pale across the card centre with KEY and BRAND either side of a vertically fluted stem.
As entered on the specimen record
O. MUSTAD & SÖN
MANUFACTURERS
OSLO - NORWAY
Qual. 4054
Hollow Point
Mustad-Virginia Hooks
Flatted Blued
Made in Norway
Ke[?]
Brand
1[?]0
No.
Layout
Green label at lower left of the card. The main text block runs down the centre and right. A left column carries Ke[?] above a key device and Brand below it, then a damaged quantity numeral (1[?]0, probably 100) and No., with nothing entered after No.
Printed marks
Card print: O. MUSTAD & SÖN. FISHHOOK MANUFACTURERS (top band); KEY BRAND either side of a large pale key device (centre); OSLO - NORWAY (bottom centre).
Violet stamped size numeral 5 inside the bend of the hook.
Care of this specimen: Keep the card flat and dry, and leave the thread ties in place.
Heavy corrosion with raised rust scale and pitting. Not broken or bent; thread ties intact.
Packaging condition
Fair — significant wear, partially legible
Wear
card, top left corner: Corner lost along a curved, frayed edge, with a chip into the printed border. LBL-14
Wear
card, top right corner and upper right edge: Torn loss exposing grey-brown board; a small rusted metal fastener sits at the corner with rust staining around it. LBL-15
Wear
card, bottom right corner: Hole with a rusted metal fastener remnant and rust staining in the border. LBL-16
Wear
card, bottom left corner: Edge loss and wear along the lower left edge and border. LBL-17
Wear
card, right field below the 3740 label: Vertical orange streak stains, a pale scuff, and light surface marks. LBL-18
Wear
4054 label, left margin: Small holes through the quantity numeral and in the left floral border; abraded paper with lifted fibres at the lower left corner; brown specks and short brown streaks above and right of the numeral. LBL-19
Wear
4054 label, centre: Faint lighter streak running roughly top to bottom through the centre of the label, possibly a soft crease or rub. LBL-20
Wear
3740 label, above Ringed: Small orange fleck on the surface. LBL-21
LBL-9 printed · card, bottom centre above the border fromIMG-1IMG-3
OSLO - NORWAY
LBL-10 stamp · card, inside the bend of each lower-row hook, violet ink fromIMG-1IMG-2IMG-3
8 7 6 5 4 3 2
LBL-11 stamp · card, inside the bend of each upper-row hook, violet ink, digits unevenly inked within several numbers fromIMG-1
16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
LBL-12 handwritten · 3740 label, lower left beside No. fromIMG-1IMG-3
Short illegible violet-grey stroke mark; no characters can be read.
LBL-13 pencil · card, between the No. 4 shank and the No. 3 point fromIMG-2IMG-3
Short thin broken grey horizontal line; it may be a pencil line or part of the pale background print.
Trademark
Bit key device: an oval bow with a two-lobed opening, a straight stem, and a stepped E-shaped bit. It is printed small on the label between Ke[?] and Brand, and large and pale across the card centre with KEY and BRAND either side of a vertically fluted stem.
As entered on the specimen record
O. MUSTAD & SÖN
MANUFACTURERS
OSLO - NORWAY
Qual. 4054
Hollow Point
Mustad-Virginia Hooks
Flatted Blued
Made in Norway
Ke[?]
Brand
1[?]0
No.
Layout
Green label at lower left of the card. The main text block runs down the centre and right. A left column carries Ke[?] above a key device and Brand below it, then a damaged quantity numeral (1[?]0, probably 100) and No., with nothing entered after No.
Printed marks
Card print: O. MUSTAD & SÖN. FISHHOOK MANUFACTURERS (top band); KEY BRAND either side of a large pale key device (centre); OSLO - NORWAY (bottom centre).
Violet stamped size numeral 4 inside the bend of the hook.
Later marks
A short thin broken grey line on the card between this hook's shank and the No. 3 point; it may be a pencil line or part of the background print.
Care of this specimen: Keep the card flat and dry, and leave the thread ties in place.
Heavy corrosion with raised rust scale and pitting; dark blue-black finish shows in patches on the bend and upper shank. Not broken or bent; thread ties intact.
Packaging condition
Fair — significant wear, partially legible
Wear
card, top left corner: Corner lost along a curved, frayed edge, with a chip into the printed border. LBL-14
Wear
card, top right corner and upper right edge: Torn loss exposing grey-brown board; a small rusted metal fastener sits at the corner with rust staining around it. LBL-15
Wear
card, bottom right corner: Hole with a rusted metal fastener remnant and rust staining in the border. LBL-16
Wear
card, bottom left corner: Edge loss and wear along the lower left edge and border. LBL-17
Wear
card, right field below the 3740 label: Vertical orange streak stains, a pale scuff, and light surface marks. LBL-18
Wear
4054 label, left margin: Small holes through the quantity numeral and in the left floral border; abraded paper with lifted fibres at the lower left corner; brown specks and short brown streaks above and right of the numeral. LBL-19
Wear
4054 label, centre: Faint lighter streak running roughly top to bottom through the centre of the label, possibly a soft crease or rub. LBL-20
Wear
3740 label, above Ringed: Small orange fleck on the surface. LBL-21
LBL-9 printed · card, bottom centre above the border fromIMG-1IMG-3
OSLO - NORWAY
LBL-10 stamp · card, inside the bend of each lower-row hook, violet ink fromIMG-1IMG-2IMG-3
8 7 6 5 4 3 2
LBL-11 stamp · card, inside the bend of each upper-row hook, violet ink, digits unevenly inked within several numbers fromIMG-1
16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
LBL-12 handwritten · 3740 label, lower left beside No. fromIMG-1IMG-3
Short illegible violet-grey stroke mark; no characters can be read.
LBL-13 pencil · card, between the No. 4 shank and the No. 3 point fromIMG-2IMG-3
Short thin broken grey horizontal line; it may be a pencil line or part of the pale background print.
Trademark
Bit key device: an oval bow with a two-lobed opening, a straight stem, and a stepped E-shaped bit. It is printed small on the label between Ke[?] and Brand, and large and pale across the card centre with KEY and BRAND either side of a vertically fluted stem.
As entered on the specimen record
O. MUSTAD & SÖN
MANUFACTURERS
OSLO - NORWAY
Qual. 4054
Hollow Point
Mustad-Virginia Hooks
Flatted Blued
Made in Norway
Ke[?]
Brand
1[?]0
No.
Layout
Green label at lower left of the card. The main text block runs down the centre and right. A left column carries Ke[?] above a key device and Brand below it, then a damaged quantity numeral (1[?]0, probably 100) and No., with nothing entered after No.
Printed marks
Card print: O. MUSTAD & SÖN. FISHHOOK MANUFACTURERS (top band); KEY BRAND either side of a large pale key device (centre); OSLO - NORWAY (bottom centre).
Violet stamped size numeral 3 inside the bend of the hook.
Later marks
A short thin broken grey line on the card between the No. 4 shank and this hook's point; it may be a pencil line or part of the background print.
Care of this specimen: Keep the card flat and dry, and leave the thread ties in place.
Heavy corrosion with raised rust scale and pitting; dark blue-black finish shows in patches on the bend and shank. Not broken or bent; thread ties intact.
Packaging condition
Fair — significant wear, partially legible
Wear
card, top left corner: Corner lost along a curved, frayed edge, with a chip into the printed border. LBL-14
Wear
card, top right corner and upper right edge: Torn loss exposing grey-brown board; a small rusted metal fastener sits at the corner with rust staining around it. LBL-15
Wear
card, bottom right corner: Hole with a rusted metal fastener remnant and rust staining in the border. LBL-16
Wear
card, bottom left corner: Edge loss and wear along the lower left edge and border. LBL-17
Wear
card, right field below the 3740 label: Vertical orange streak stains, a pale scuff, and light surface marks. LBL-18
Wear
4054 label, left margin: Small holes through the quantity numeral and in the left floral border; abraded paper with lifted fibres at the lower left corner; brown specks and short brown streaks above and right of the numeral. LBL-19
Wear
4054 label, centre: Faint lighter streak running roughly top to bottom through the centre of the label, possibly a soft crease or rub. LBL-20
Wear
3740 label, above Ringed: Small orange fleck on the surface. LBL-21
LBL-9 printed · card, bottom centre above the border fromIMG-1IMG-3
OSLO - NORWAY
LBL-10 stamp · card, inside the bend of each lower-row hook, violet ink fromIMG-1IMG-2IMG-3
8 7 6 5 4 3 2
LBL-11 stamp · card, inside the bend of each upper-row hook, violet ink, digits unevenly inked within several numbers fromIMG-1
16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
LBL-12 handwritten · 3740 label, lower left beside No. fromIMG-1IMG-3
Short illegible violet-grey stroke mark; no characters can be read.
LBL-13 pencil · card, between the No. 4 shank and the No. 3 point fromIMG-2IMG-3
Short thin broken grey horizontal line; it may be a pencil line or part of the pale background print.
Trademark
Bit key device: an oval bow with a two-lobed opening, a straight stem, and a stepped E-shaped bit. It is printed small on the label between Ke[?] and Brand, and large and pale across the card centre with KEY and BRAND either side of a vertically fluted stem.
As entered on the specimen record
O. MUSTAD & SÖN
MANUFACTURERS
OSLO - NORWAY
Qual. 4054
Hollow Point
Mustad-Virginia Hooks
Flatted Blued
Made in Norway
Ke[?]
Brand
1[?]0
No.
Layout
Green label at lower left of the card. The main text block runs down the centre and right. A left column carries Ke[?] above a key device and Brand below it, then a damaged quantity numeral (1[?]0, probably 100) and No., with nothing entered after No.
Printed marks
Card print: O. MUSTAD & SÖN. FISHHOOK MANUFACTURERS (top band); KEY BRAND either side of a large pale key device (centre); OSLO - NORWAY (bottom centre).
Violet stamped size numeral 2 inside the bend of the hook.
Care of this specimen: Keep the card flat and dry, and leave the thread ties in place.
Condition
Recorded hooks are heavily corroded, with raised rust scale and pitting; none is broken or bent. The sales card is worn, with corner losses, a torn upper right edge, rusted fasteners and small holes in the 4054 label.
5Pattern history and manufacturer context
Dating
The card and its 4054 label print the address OSLO - NORWAY. The city took the name Oslo on 1 January 1925 V, so the card was printed in 1925 or later I. No production dates for the model are documented.
Matches: Eye, Eye Orient., Point, Finish, Forging +3 moreDiffers: Shank: Standard vs 1X Long; Wire: Standard vs Heavy (1X Heavy); Gap: Standard vs Wide +1 more
Matches: Shank, Gap, Eye, Eye Orient., Finish +3 moreDiffers: Wire: Standard vs Heavy (1X Heavy); Point: Hollow Point vs Superior; Offset: Straight vs Offset / Kirbed +1 more
Matches: Shank, Gap, Eye, Eye Orient., Forging +3 moreDiffers: Wire: Standard vs Heavy (1X Heavy); Point: Hollow Point vs Superior; Finish: Blued vs Tinned +1 more
Matches: Gap, Eye Orient., Point, Forging, Offset +2 moreDiffers: Shank: Standard vs 1X Long; Wire: Standard vs Fine (1X Fine); Eye: Blind — Flatted vs Blind — Tapered Shank +2 more
