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Buttonhook

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Large metal buttonhook. Metal handle is cast from a dark metal in a rococo-revival style. Top of handle features an oval cartouche topped by and resting in molded scrollwork. Beneath cartouche the handle is a narrow taper, terminating in more scrollwork. Center of cartouche and tapering handle feature panels of Champlevé - etched metal filled in with red and black enamel. Steel hook shaft sustains a bit of dicoloration from tarnish.

2024.41.051

Genesee Country Village and Museum

Accessory

Historic Costume

Buttonhook

Female

Steel

Metal

enamel

Gold

Red

Black

1860 - 1910

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