Corkscrew

Museum number:
7-9246
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21070009246
Accession number:
Acc.4190
Description:
Wine bottle cork puller made of cast brass, steel, machining, and die stamping. Corkscrew, compound, double lever; cast brass lever arms with geared teeth at top; brass turning handle, notched shank; cyphered center worm; open cage body.
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 7-9246, described as Wine bottle cork puller made of cast brass, steel, machining, and die stamping. Corkscrew, compound, double lever; cast brass lever arms with geared teeth at top; brass turning handle, notched shank; cyphered center worm; open cage body.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Corkscrew, accession number 7-9246, described as Wine bottle cork puller made of cast brass, steel, machining, and die stamping. Corkscrew, compound, double lever; cast brass lever arms with geared teeth at top; brass turning handle, notched shank; cyphered center worm; open cage body.

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