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Buttonhook

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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 ." Steel handle has small spots of tarnish.

2024.41.031

Genesee Country Village and Museum

Accessory

Historic Costume

Buttonhook

Female

Sterling silver

Steel

1860 - 1910

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