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Buttonhook
Clothing/Dress/Costume
Large buttonhook made from two pieces. Steel hook shaft attached to handle of molded metal in dark colorway. Handle is round and wider at top end, covered in rococo-revival scrollwork. Spots of tarnish on steel hook shaft, areas of old polish accumulated in details on scrollwork of handle.
2024.41.043
Genesee Country Village and Museum
Accessory
Historic Costume
Buttonhook
Female
Steel
Metal
1860 - 1910