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Buttonhook
Buttonhook

Buttonhook

Original OwnerPossibly originally owned by Beatrice Fox American, 1887 - 1968
ManufacturerManufactured by Reeves & Browne American, 1904 - 1915
Date1904-1914
Medium14 karat gold and nickel plated steel
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (length x width x depth): 7 1/4 x 3/4 x 3/8in. (18.4 x 1.9 x 1cm)
ClassificationsMetalware
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Schiro and Mr. and Mrs. Richard Koopman
DescriptionButtonhook with tapered, steel hook turned once near handle. The handle is gold (unmarked) and done in the Heppelwhite pattern with a basket of flowers on the verso and a spot for a monogram on the recto.
Object number1980.73.3.6
MarkingsUnmarked
Subject Terms
    Collections
    • G. Fox & Co.
    On View
    Not on view
    Nail File
    Beatrice Fox
    1904-1915
    Shoehorn
    Beatrice Fox
    before 1904 - before 1915
    Nail Buffer
    Beatrice Fox
    before 1904 - before 1915
    Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Schiro and Mr. and Mrs. Richard Koopman, 1980.73.3.9  © 2009 The C…
    Beatrice Fox
    before 1904 - before 1914
    Gift of Mrs. Bernard Schiro, 1986.213.9  © 2008 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Beatrice Fox
    1966
    Comb
    Beatrice Fox
    before 1904 - before 1915
    Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Schiro and Mr. and Mrs. Richard Koopman, 1980.73.2, Connecticut Hi…
    Beatrice Fox
    7 July 1947
    Gift of Mrs. Richard Koopman, 1986.214.8a,b  © 2009 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Beatrice Fox
    1940-1955
    Pin Tray
    Beatrice Fox
    before 1904 - before 1915
    Gift of Mrs. Bernard Schiro, 1986.213.5a,b  © 2009 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Beatrice Fox
    about 1920-1940
    Gift of Mrs. Bernard Schiro, 1986.213.8  © 2008 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Beatrice Fox
    7 July 1962
    Gift of Mrs. Bernard Schiro, 1986.213.7a,b  © 2009 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Beatrice Fox
    1903-1940