Buttonhook

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Genesee Country Village & Museum

Name/Title

Buttonhook

Entry/Object ID

2024.41.034

Description

Large buttohook with sterling silver handle and steel hook. Sterling handle features a teardrop or Paisley shape, covered in modelled scrollwork. Small flowers and dots fill in negative space of scrollwork. One side of handle contains a blank cartouche within the scrollwork. The cartouche has suffered a smalld dent. Several hallmarks are punched into flange band. Steel hook is entirely tarnished to a deep brownish-black.

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