Bottle opener

Museum number:
7-9490a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21079490a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.4190
Description:
Wine bottle cork extractor, 20th Century made of steel, brass, chrome plating, die casting, and die forming. a) cork extractor; chrome plated brass bow handle with twin steel prongs extending from shank, "Monopol West Germany Ah-So" die stamped into base of handle. b) tubular sheath, striated, for above.
Donor:
Paul Frank Ziegelmaier
Collection place:
Germany
Verbatim coll. place:
Germany
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 7-9490a,b, described as Wine bottle cork extractor, 20th Century made of steel, brass, chrome plating, die casting, and die forming. a) cork extractor; chrome plated brass bow handle with twin steel prongs extending from shank, "Monopol West Germany Ah-So" die stamped into base of handle. b) tubular sheath, striated, for above.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bottle opener, accession number 7-9490a,b, described as Wine bottle cork extractor, 20th Century made of steel, brass, chrome plating, die casting, and die forming. a) cork extractor; chrome plated brass bow handle with twin steel prongs extending from shank, "Monopol West Germany Ah-So" die stamped into base of handle. b) tubular sheath, striated, for above.

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