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Buttonhook

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Large buttonhook with sterling silver handle and steel hook. Handle is molded in asymmetric Rococo-revival design. Silver markings punched into flange where handle meets steel hook shaft. Steel hook shaft has black spot of tarnish.

2024.41.028

Genesee Country Village and Museum

Historic Costume

Accessory

Buttonhook

Female

Sterling silver

1860 - 1910

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