Corkscrew & bottle opener

Museum number:
7-9532
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21070009532
Accession number:
Acc.4190
Description:
Wine bottle cork puller and cap lifter made of wood, carving, varnish, steel, die forming, and machining. Corkscrew/cap lifter combination; handle in shape of human hand, carved; nickel plated steel cyphered center worm inserted at wrist; crown cap lifter screwed into palm.
Donor:
Paul Frank Ziegelmaier
Collection place:
Europe
Verbatim coll. place:
Europe
Collector:
Paul Frank Ziegelmaier
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bottle openers, Carvings (visual works), and Corkscrews
Function:
5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Corkscrew & bottle opener, accession number 7-9532, described as Wine bottle cork puller and cap lifter made of wood, carving, varnish, steel, die forming, and machining. Corkscrew/cap lifter combination; handle in shape of human hand, carved; nickel plated steel cyphered center worm inserted at wrist; crown cap lifter screwed into palm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Corkscrew & bottle opener, accession number 7-9532, described as Wine bottle cork puller and cap lifter made of wood, carving, varnish, steel, die forming, and machining. Corkscrew/cap lifter combination; handle in shape of human hand, carved; nickel plated steel cyphered center worm inserted at wrist; crown cap lifter screwed into palm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Corkscrew & bottle opener, accession number 7-9532, described as Wine bottle cork puller and cap lifter made of wood, carving, varnish, steel, die forming, and machining. Corkscrew/cap lifter combination; handle in shape of human hand, carved; nickel plated steel cyphered center worm inserted at wrist; crown cap lifter screwed into palm.

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