Digital Collections

Buttonhook

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Large buttonhook with handle of sterling silver, modelled with petals of flowers - possibly lilacs or general flower with small petals. Sterling marking on side of handle. Steel hook with markings on side - a lion, an anchor, and letter "B." Cartouche on handle has engraved "G S S."

2024.41.0013

Genesee Country Village and Museum

Historic Costume

Accessory

Tool

Buttonhook

Female

Silver

Steel

1870 - 1910

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