Corkscrew

Museum number:
7-9441
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21070009441
Accession number:
Acc.4190
Description:
Wine bottle cork puller made of cast metal, nickel(?) plating, steel, and die forming. Corkscrew, zoomorphic; nickel (?) plated cast metal handle in shape of sea horse; steel wire helical worm projecting from head.
Donor:
Paul Frank Ziegelmaier
Collection place:
Europe
Verbatim coll. place:
Europe
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 7-9441, described as Wine bottle cork puller made of cast metal, nickel(?) plating, steel, and die forming. Corkscrew, zoomorphic; nickel (?) plated cast metal handle in shape of sea horse; steel wire helical worm projecting from head.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Corkscrew, accession number 7-9441, described as Wine bottle cork puller made of cast metal, nickel(?) plating, steel, and die forming. Corkscrew, zoomorphic; nickel (?) plated cast metal handle in shape of sea horse; steel wire helical worm projecting from head.

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