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Collection
General Collection
Object ID
2002.046.1
Collection
General Collection
Description
One of a set of three toiletry tools with mother-of-pearl handles and steel shanks. This glove button hook has a round, tapering shank with a hook at the end. The handle widens and flattens out to a rounded terminal.
Year Range From
1875
Year Range To
1900
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Subcategory
Clothing -- Accessory
Object Name
Buttonhook
Material
Mother of Pearl, Steel
Length (in)
3.375
Width (in)
0.5
Condition
Good
Condition Date
2015-01-16
Condition Notes
Some tarnish with slight soiling.
Object ID
2002.046.1
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Accession Number
2002.046
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Collection
General Collection
Object ID
2002.046.2
Collection
General Collection
Description
One of a set of three toiletry tools with mother-of-pearl handles and steel shanks. This tool has a round swell going to a very thin end with tiny hook. It is perhaps a corset hook. The handle widens and flattens out to a rounded terminal.
Year Range From
1875
Year Range To
1900
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Subcategory
Clothing -- Accessory
Object Name
Buttonhook
Material
Mother of Pearl, Steel
Length (in)
3.375
Width (in)
0.5
Condition
Good
Condition Date
2015-01-16
Condition Notes
Some soil on handle; some dark tarnish on metal.
Object ID
2002.046.2
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Accession Number
2002.046.2
Less detail