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Buttonhook
Clothing/Dress/Costume
Large buttonhook with sterling silver handle and steel hook. Handle is molded in asymmetric Rococo-revival design. Silver markings punched into flange where handle meets steel hook shaft. Steel hook shaft has black spot of tarnish.
2024.41.028
Genesee Country Village and Museum
Historic Costume
Accessory
Buttonhook
Female
Sterling silver
1860 - 1910
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