Buttonhook

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Genesee Country Village & Museum

Name/Title

Buttonhook

Entry/Object ID

2024.41.078

Description

Small to medium-sized buttonhook made from steel hook shaft with applied cast-metal decoration, serving as handle. Handle decoration is an s-shaped scrollwork with lion's head biting his own tail. Tarnish and some rust areas.s

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

Steel

Made/Created

Date made

1860 - 1910