Corkscrew

Museum number:
7-9377a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21079377a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.4190
Description:
Wine bottle cork puller, cap lifter made of steel, sterling silver, nickel plating, die stamping, and forming. Corkscrew/cap lifter combination; a) nickel plated steel crown cap lifter; wire helical worm inserted into shank; b) sterling silver tubular sheath for above.
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 1 of 2 titled Corkscrew, accession number 7-9377a,b, described as Wine bottle cork puller, cap lifter made of steel, sterling silver, nickel plating, die stamping, and forming. Corkscrew/cap lifter combination; a) nickel plated steel crown cap lifter; wire helical worm inserted into shank; b) sterling silver tubular sheath for above.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Corkscrew, accession number 7-9377a,b, described as Wine bottle cork puller, cap lifter made of steel, sterling silver, nickel plating, die stamping, and forming. Corkscrew/cap lifter combination; a) nickel plated steel crown cap lifter; wire helical worm inserted into shank; b) sterling silver tubular sheath for above.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Corkscrew, accession number 7-9377a,b, described as Wine bottle cork puller, cap lifter made of steel, sterling silver, nickel plating, die stamping, and forming. Corkscrew/cap lifter combination; a) nickel plated steel crown cap lifter; wire helical worm inserted into shank; b) sterling silver tubular sheath for above.

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