Buttonhook

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Genesee Country Village & Museum

Name/Title

Buttonhook

Entry/Object ID

2024.41.031

Description

Medium to large buttonhook with stering silver molded handle and steel hook shaft. Sterling handle has an overall baroque shape, with small flowers and geometric trellis detail rendered in Art & Crafts or early Art Nouveau designway. Sterling handle is marked "STERLING <A>." Steel handle has small spots of 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