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Buttonhook

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Medium-sized steel buttonhook and handle. Handle is bent into kidney shape then embossed with swirling pattern on both sides. No visible markings. Tarnish across surface, areas of rust.

2024.41.096

Genesee Country Village and Museum

Accessory

Historic Costume

Buttonhook

Unisex

Steel

1860 - 1910

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