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Historic Costume | Fine and Decorative Arts

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Buttonhook

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Small buttonhook or glove hook made from small steel hook shaft and carved stone handle. Stone is milky white with bands of iridescence. Steel runs through stone and has loop on top to attach to something. Steel has small spots of rust and tarnish discoloration. Stone may be earth moonstone. Does not appear to be opal.

2024.41.063

Genesee Country Village and Museum

Accessory

Historic Costume

Buttonhook

Unisex

Steel

Stone

1860 - 1910

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