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Buttonhook
Clothing/Dress/Costume
Large buttonhook with sterling silver handle and steel hook attached. Sterling silver handle is rounded and larger at top end, featuring hammered effect across entirety of handle's surface. Silver hallmarks punched in flange connecting handle to steel hook haft. Steel hook has small black spots or tarnish and punched word "ENGLISHMAKE."
2024.41.029
Genesee Country Village and Museum
Accessory
Historic Costume
Buttonhook
Female
Sterling silver
Steel
1860 - 1910
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