Corkscrew

Museum number:
7-9336
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21070009336
Accession number:
Acc.4190
Description:
Pocket type wine bottle cork puller made of steel, nickel plating, and die forming. Corkscrew, pocket, folding bow; steel bow handle, nickel plated (wearing off), with ends recessed for shank; pivoting shank; fluted wire helical worm.
Donor:
Paul Frank Ziegelmaier
Collection place:
England
Verbatim coll. place:
England
Collector:
Paul Frank Ziegelmaier
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Corkscrews
Function:
5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Corkscrew, accession number 7-9336, described as Pocket type wine bottle cork puller made of steel, nickel plating, and die forming. Corkscrew, pocket, folding bow; steel bow handle, nickel plated (wearing off), with ends recessed for shank; pivoting shank; fluted wire helical worm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Corkscrew, accession number 7-9336, described as Pocket type wine bottle cork puller made of steel, nickel plating, and die forming. Corkscrew, pocket, folding bow; steel bow handle, nickel plated (wearing off), with ends recessed for shank; pivoting shank; fluted wire helical worm.

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