Bottle opener

Museum number:
2-68927
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020068927
Accession number:
Acc.4190
Description:
Key ring advertising giveaway, 20th Century. Corkscrew/caplifter comb; nickel plated steel sheet stock folded in half; crown cap lifter at one end, folding wire helical worm pivoting on rivet; handles die stamped as follows: 2-68927) "Gallagher & Burton Balto. Md.." 2-68928) " Sam Caruso Beer Dist." 2-68929) "Vetro Liquor Stores" 2-68930) "Polo C. Azzara....Cresson, Pa"; ea 7.3 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:
Bottle openers
Function:
5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
Department:
Nonnative US and Canada (except California)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Bottle opener, accession number 2-68927, described as Key ring advertising giveaway, 20th Century. Corkscrew/caplifter comb; nickel plated steel sheet stock folded in half; crown cap lifter at one end, folding wire helical worm pivoting on rivet; handles die stamped as follows: 2-68927) "Gallagher & Burton Balto. Md.." 2-68928) " Sam Caruso Beer Dist." 2-68929) "Vetro Liquor Stores" 2-68930) "Polo C. Azzara....Cresson, Pa"; ea 7.3 cm long
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bottle opener, accession number 2-68927, described as Key ring advertising giveaway, 20th Century. Corkscrew/caplifter comb; nickel plated steel sheet stock folded in half; crown cap lifter at one end, folding wire helical worm pivoting on rivet; handles die stamped as follows: 2-68927) "Gallagher & Burton Balto. Md.." 2-68928) " Sam Caruso Beer Dist." 2-68929) "Vetro Liquor Stores" 2-68930) "Polo C. Azzara....Cresson, Pa"; ea 7.3 cm long

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