Object Record
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Metadata
Object ID # |
1962.081.003 |
Object Name |
Buttonhook |
Title |
Glove Button Hook |
Lexicon category |
3: Personal Artifacts |
Date |
Late 19th-century? |
Description |
A woman's silver glove button hook, with an amethyst setting at the tip of the handle. |
Provenance |
This item may have belonged to Helen Rixon (b. 1847-d. 1913, married to Henry Rixon) or a female of the Rixon or Ainslie familes, who resided at Sydenham Township, Grey County in the 19th-century, and moved to Owen Sound, Grey County, in the 1880s. The family resided at 894 5th Ave. East for many years. |
Collection |
Personal Gear |
Material |
Metal/Silver |
Dimensions |
W-1 L-8.4 cm |
Found |
Owen Sound, Grey County |
People |
Rixon, Helen Rixon, Henry Rixon, Eleanor |
Subjects |
Gloves Buttons (Fasteners) Silverware |
Function |
A fancy buttonhook like this one was often part of a lady's dresser set (other items had matching silver components). Buttonhooks for doing up one's glove buttons had a shorter shank than buttonhooks for doing up one's shoe buttons had. |