Digital Collections

Buttonhook

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Buttonhook of sterling silver with handle and hook separate (steel). Handle of silver is shaped like silverware, possibly "up-cycled." small oval cartouche in handle, left blank. A bit of black discoloration on hook.

2024.41.026

Genesee Country Village and Museum

Historic Costume

Accessory

Tool

Buttonhook

Female

Silver

1870 - 1910

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