Digital Collections
Buttonhook
Clothing/Dress/Costume
Small buttonhook made from a small steel hook shaft which runs through a turned wooden handle. Wooden handle features discoloration from use, while steel hook shaft has sustained tarnishing and spots of rust. Wood handle ogee has a single carved ring at its upper apogee. Steel hook shaft has sustained many small dents and is pitted.
2024.41.056
Genesee Country Village and Museum
Accessory
Historic Costume
Buttonhook
Unisex
Wood
Steel
1860 - 1910
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