Buttonhook

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Genesee Country Village & Museum

Name/Title

Buttonhook

Entry/Object ID

2024.41.050

Description

Small buttonhook with hardwood handle in dark colorway. Handle is turned with ball on one end, ogee portion in center, terminating in a brass band into which a steel hook shaft in set. All three pieces secured together by brass running through wood and steel hook shaft. Shaft has small areas of discoloration from tarnish.

Collection

Genesee Country Village and Museum

Category

Accessory
Historic Costume

Clothing/Dress/Costume Details

Article of Clothing/Dress/Costume

Buttonhook

Clothing Sex

Unisex

Textile Details

Material

Wood, Brass, Steel

Made/Created

Date made

1860 - 1910