Buttonhook
- Object Name:
- Buttonhook
- Object ID:
- 1979.050.05
- Description:
- Buttonhook, steel. Steel rod stamped and forged to create tapering shaft with small open loop at one end. Loop width: 0.3". Flattened area creating handle, 0.4" wide, 0.1" thick. Small finial end with partial spherical ball in it. Appears to be plated as some is missing from side of handle and portion of shaft. Stamped in relief on both sides of handle, text and figures. On one side is profile of small shoe followed by, "FINE FOOTWEAR." Stamped profile of short boot. On opposite side of handle: "J. C. THORNE'S NEW SHOE STORE."
- Material:
- Metal
Steel - Dimensions:
- H-6.3 W-0.4 D-0.2 inches
- Provenance:
- From the estate auction of Rev. Sheafe Walker, July 1979.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of John F. Page
- People:
- Thorne, John Calvin
- Subjects:
- Shoe stores, Shoes
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