Corkscrew

Museum number:
2-68972
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4190
Description:
Medicine bottle cork puller. Corkscrew, medicinal; two-piece molded red [plastic?] handle in shape of skull with devil's ears, letters R, H, S, D molded into back of skull between crossed long bones; wire helical worm molded into handle; 3.2 cm long
Donor:
Paul Frank Ziegelmaier
Verbatim coll. place:
United States
Culture or time period:
United States Historic
Collector:
Paul Frank Ziegelmaier
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Corkscrews
Function:
5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
Department:
Nonnative US and Canada (except California)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Corkscrew, accession number 2-68972, described as Medicine bottle cork puller. Corkscrew, medicinal; two-piece molded red [plastic?] handle in shape of skull with devil's ears, letters R, H, S, D molded into back of skull between crossed long bones; wire helical worm molded into handle; 3.2 cm longHearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Corkscrew, accession number 2-68972, described as Medicine bottle cork puller. Corkscrew, medicinal; two-piece molded red [plastic?] handle in shape of skull with devil's ears, letters R, H, S, D molded into back of skull between crossed long bones; wire helical worm molded into handle; 3.2 cm long
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Corkscrew, accession number 2-68972, described as Medicine bottle cork puller. Corkscrew, medicinal; two-piece molded red [plastic?] handle in shape of skull with devil's ears, letters R, H, S, D molded into back of skull between crossed long bones; wire helical worm molded into handle; 3.2 cm long

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