Corkscrew

Museum number:
2-68764
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020068764
Accession number:
Acc.4190
Description:
Corkscrew, tee handle; turned wood handle. “Pickerings [?] Save the Difference 5th and Main Sts” printed on both sides, “Walker’s Patents” on bottom; nickel plated steel shank; Walker’s bell cap with wire cutter and cap lifter; wire helical worms; 13.0 cm long. Wine bottle cork puller; advertising giveaway, 19th Century.
Donor:
Paul Frank Ziegelmaier
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 titled Corkscrew, accession number 2-68764, described as Corkscrew, tee handle; turned wood handle. “Pickerings [?] Save the Difference 5th and Main Sts” printed on both sides, “Walker’s Patents” on bottom; nickel plated steel shank; Walker’s bell cap with wire cutter and cap lifter; wire helical worms; 13.0 cm long. Wine bottle cork puller; advertising giveaway, 19th Century.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Corkscrew, accession number 2-68764, described as Corkscrew, tee handle; turned wood handle. “Pickerings [?] Save the Difference 5th and Main Sts” printed on both sides, “Walker’s Patents” on bottom; nickel plated steel shank; Walker’s bell cap with wire cutter and cap lifter; wire helical worms; 13.0 cm long. Wine bottle cork puller; advertising giveaway, 19th Century.

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