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Hook

Object Name:
Hook
Object ID:
2017.014.109
Creator:
Instrument Make
Date:
1840-1870
Description:
Woman's folding glove hook. Metal bar, with one rounded end, and one squared off. Two halves held together by three pins, one of which serves as a pivot for the folding hook arm. Sides decorated with designs similar to a fleur-de-lis missing the central petal, on either side of an oval. With note: "Ladies glove / hook. old - / mid 1800."
Material:
Metal
Dimensions:
H-0.6 W-0.2 L-1.6 inches
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.
Credit Line:
Gift of Daniel T. Rowley and Elizabeth A. Rowley
Subjects:
Accessories, Gloves
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