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Buttonhook

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Buttonhook made form sterling silver. Handle is in shape of silverware - possibly an old knife handle or spoon or fork, fashioned into a buttonhook. Marked "sterling" on handle in detail.

2024.41.019

Genesee Country Village and Museum

Historic Costume

Buttonhook

Sterling silver

1870 - 1910

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