Bottle opener

Museum number:
7-9470
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21070009470
Accession number:
Acc.4190
Description:
Corkscrew/knife/caplifter combination, waiter’s, pocket; steel handle, die stamped “Champagne Piper Reims” on both sides; folding caplifter/bottle neck lever at one end, knife at other, fluted helical worm near center. Advertising giveaway. Length 17.3 cm.
Donor:
Paul Frank Ziegelmaier
Collection place:
France
Collector:
Paul Frank Ziegelmaier
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bottle openers
Function:
5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Bottle opener, accession number 7-9470, described as Corkscrew/knife/caplifter combination, waiter’s, pocket; steel handle, die stamped “Champagne Piper Reims” on both sides; folding caplifter/bottle neck lever at one end, knife at other, fluted helical worm near center. Advertising giveaway. Length 17.3 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bottle opener, accession number 7-9470, described as Corkscrew/knife/caplifter combination, waiter’s, pocket; steel handle, die stamped “Champagne Piper Reims” on both sides; folding caplifter/bottle neck lever at one end, knife at other, fluted helical worm near center. Advertising giveaway. Length 17.3 cm.

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