Buttonhook

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Genesee Country Village & Museum

Name/Title

Buttonhook

Entry/Object ID

2024.41.037

Description

Large buttonhook with sterling silver handle and steel hook shaft. Sterling silver handle featured different layers of relief, modelling, and faceted etchings. Top featured a putti or cherub face on either side above a segmented or lobed concave girdle, below which is a six-sided taper with etchings on each facet. "STERLING" stamped into handle. Steel hook shaft is attached to handle with flange, with carving in upper portion by flange. Some blackened areas from tarnish.

Collection

Genesee Country Village and Museum

Category

Accessory
Historic Costume

Clothing/Dress/Costume Details

Article of Clothing/Dress/Costume

Buttonhook

Clothing Sex

Female

Textile Details

Material

Sterling silver, Steel

Made/Created

Date made

1860 - 1910