Buttonhook

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Genesee Country Village & Museum

Name/Title

Buttonhook

Entry/Object ID

2024.41.032

Description

Medium-sized buttonhook with sterling silver handle and steel hook. Sterling handle features ornate rococo-revival design. Scrollwork cylindrical interior handle, flanked by larger scrolls with pearldrop ridge on either side, topped with large clamshell or palmette which is pierced. Hallmarked "STERLING" on flange area of hook shaft. Shaft is tarnished with small blackened areas.

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

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