Corkscrew

Museum number:
7-9262
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21070009262
Accession number:
Acc.4190
Description:
Corkscrew, compound, concertina type; cast metal tee handle; three-tiered steel scissors-like collapsing cantilevers, joined to cast aluminum bottle neck ring; cyphered center worm extending from lowest set of levers through ring; retracted length 13.3 cm.
Donor:
Paul Frank Ziegelmaier
Collection place:
France
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 7-9262, described as Corkscrew, compound, concertina type; cast metal tee handle; three-tiered steel scissors-like collapsing cantilevers, joined to cast aluminum bottle neck ring; cyphered center worm extending from lowest set of levers through ring; retracted length 13.3 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Corkscrew, accession number 7-9262, described as Corkscrew, compound, concertina type; cast metal tee handle; three-tiered steel scissors-like collapsing cantilevers, joined to cast aluminum bottle neck ring; cyphered center worm extending from lowest set of levers through ring; retracted length 13.3 cm.

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