Corkscrew

Museum number:
7-9501
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21070009501
Accession number:
Acc.4190
Description:
Champagne bottle tap made of brass, silver plate, and machining. Champagne screw; silver plated brass gas release valve, twin handle in shape of fleur de lys, (plate wearing thin on 7-9501), Archimedean screw cannula with hole near point.
Donor:
Paul Frank Ziegelmaier
Collection place:
London, England
Verbatim coll. place:
London, 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 7-9501, described as Champagne bottle tap made of brass, silver plate, and machining. Champagne screw; silver plated brass gas release valve, twin handle in shape of fleur de lys, (plate wearing thin on 7-9501), Archimedean screw cannula with hole near point.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Corkscrew, accession number 7-9501, described as Champagne bottle tap made of brass, silver plate, and machining. Champagne screw; silver plated brass gas release valve, twin handle in shape of fleur de lys, (plate wearing thin on 7-9501), Archimedean screw cannula with hole near point.

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