Corkscrew

Museum number:
7-9325
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21070009325
Accession number:
Acc.4190
Description:
Wine bottle cork puller made of iron and machining. Corkscrew, compound, rack, and pinion; machined iron tee handle and shank; concentric ring gear teeth on shank; open side sliding barrel with tee handle and geared wheel to operate barrel; cyphered center worm with point.
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 7-9325, described as Wine bottle cork puller made of iron and machining. Corkscrew, compound, rack, and pinion; machined iron tee handle and shank; concentric ring gear teeth on shank; open side sliding barrel with tee handle and geared wheel to operate barrel; cyphered center worm with point.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Corkscrew, accession number 7-9325, described as Wine bottle cork puller made of iron and machining. Corkscrew, compound, rack, and pinion; machined iron tee handle and shank; concentric ring gear teeth on shank; open side sliding barrel with tee handle and geared wheel to operate barrel; cyphered center worm with point.

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