Corkscrew

Museum number:
7-9250
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21070009250
Accession number:
Acc.4190
Description:
Wine bottle cork puller made of cast metal, steel, machining, and die stamping. Corkscrew, compound, double lever/cap lifter; cast metal, intricate arboreal patterns throughout; lever arms with geared teeth at top; turning handle in shape of barrel with opening at center for cap lifter, notched shank, nickel plated steel cyphered center worm; plastic insert at base of open cage body, man's face at bottom of cage.
Donor:
Paul Frank Ziegelmaier
Collection place:
Italy
Verbatim coll. place:
Italy
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 7-9250, described as Wine bottle cork puller made of cast metal, steel, machining, and die stamping. Corkscrew, compound, double lever/cap lifter; cast metal, intricate arboreal patterns throughout; lever arms with geared teeth at top; turning handle in shape of barrel with opening at center for cap lifter, notched shank, nickel plated steel cyphered center worm; plastic insert at base of open cage body, man's face at bottom of cage.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Corkscrew, accession number 7-9250, described as Wine bottle cork puller made of cast metal, steel, machining, and die stamping. Corkscrew, compound, double lever/cap lifter; cast metal, intricate arboreal patterns throughout; lever arms with geared teeth at top; turning handle in shape of barrel with opening at center for cap lifter, notched shank, nickel plated steel cyphered center worm; plastic insert at base of open cage body, man's face at bottom of cage.

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