Digital Collections
Buttonhook
Clothing/Dress/Costume
Small buttonhook or glove hook made from a steel hook shaft, with mother of pearl handle. Handle has been carved and polished in a way to include natural shape of that particular piece of nacre. Steel has small spot of rust.
2024.41.064
Genesee Country Village and Museum
Accessory
Historic Costume
Buttonhook
Female
Steel
Mother of Pearl
1860 - 1910
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