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Buttonhook
Clothing/Dress/Costume
Large buttonhook with sterling silver handle and steel hook. Sterling handle features a baroque-shape overall, with scrollwork framing the interior of the handle. Top middle area of handle has the profile of an angel or putti head, with two wings attached. Small clouds beneath profile, along with small bunch of flowers toward bottom end of handle. Hallmarks punched across flange area of handle. Steel hook shaft tapers, and has small spots of black tarnish.
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Genesee Country Village and Museum
Accessory
Historic Costume
Buttonhook
Female
Sterling
Steel
1860 - 1910
Buttonhook
Sterling
Silver