Buttonhook
- Object Name:
- Buttonhook
- Object ID:
- 2017.014.110
- Creator:
Instrument Make - Date:
- 1820-1840
- Description:
- Buttonhooks (2), for baby boots. With note: "Button hooks used / for button shoes - / Small size for / baby boots. / Wooden handle _old_ / 1830".
1. Bone handle; cylinder, tapered at hook end, squared off on both ends.
2. Wood handle; bulbous grip, with flat ends. - Material:
- Metal
Bone
Wood - 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
- People:
- Stone, Ethel Cilley (1884-1981)
- Subjects:
- Accessories, Buttons (Fasteners), Foot wear, Footwear
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