Buttonhook
- Object Name:
- Buttonhook
- Object ID:
- 2017.014.037
- Date:
- circa 1900
- Description:
- Buttonhook, silver. Tapered rod, bent into hook at narrow end, with decorative double incision near handle. Grip flares out to angular pommel. Embossed floral pattern on flats of handle. "STERLING" engraved on both sides.
- Material:
- Silver
- Dimensions:
- H-1.2 W-0.5 L-7.9 inches Weight-1.4 oz
- Provenance:
- Part of the Ethel Cilley Stone Collection, consisting of objects, documents, photographs, and memorabilia related to James Stone (1780-1874) and his wife Mary East Beard Stone (1791-1875) of Dunbarton; their son Captain Andrew J. Stone (1828-1864) of Dunbarton, California, etc.; Wesley Page Stone (1833-1916) and his wife Alice Patten Cilley (1849-1934) of Dunbarton; and their daughter, schoolteacher and family historian Ethel Cilley Stone (1884-1981) of Dunbarton and Goffstown.
The collection descended to Ethel Cilley Stone. After her death, the bulk of her estate passed to her minister, Rev. Graham T. Rowley (1932-2012) of Goffstown, then to his children, the donors. - People:
- Stone, Alice P. (1849-1934)
- Subjects:
- Buttonhole industry, Clothing and dress, Accessories
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