Corkscrew

Museum number:
7-9164
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21070009164
Accession number:
Acc.4190
Description:
Corkscrew, tee handle; turned bone handle, capped at one end, black brush at other; iron shank, machined, nickel plated (wearing thin), inserted into handle and affixed with ring holder, Henshall type button at opposite end of shank; center worm. Materials/techniques: Bone, bristles, iron, nickel plating, machining. Context of use: Wine bottle cork puller with dust brush, 19th Century.
Donor:
Paul Frank Ziegelmaier
Collection place:
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 7-9164, described as Corkscrew, tee handle; turned bone handle, capped at one end, black brush at other; iron shank, machined, nickel plated (wearing thin), inserted into handle and affixed with ring holder, Henshall type button at opposite end of shank; center worm. Materials/techniques: Bone, bristles, iron, nickel plating, machining. Context of use: Wine bottle cork puller with dust brush, 19th Century.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Corkscrew, accession number 7-9164, described as Corkscrew, tee handle; turned bone handle, capped at one end, black brush at other; iron shank, machined, nickel plated (wearing thin), inserted into handle and affixed with ring holder, Henshall type button at opposite end of shank; center worm. Materials/techniques: Bone, bristles, iron, nickel plating, machining. Context of use: Wine bottle cork puller with dust brush, 19th Century.

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