Corkscrew

Museum number:
2-68782a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210268782a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.4190
Description:
Corkscrew, folding pocket type in shape of miniature bottle; a)base, nickel plated brass concealing wire helical worm hinged at top of base; brass plate soldered to base containing logo of "Anheuser Busch"; b) top half of bottle serving as cover; 7.2 cm overall length of bottle. Advertising giveaway; pocket wine bottle cork puller, 19th Century. See "Corkscrews for Collectors" Watney & Babbidge, Plate 116.
Donor:
Paul Frank Ziegelmaier
Collection place:
Newark, Essex County, New Jersey
Culture or time period:
United States Historic
Collector:
Paul Frank Ziegelmaier
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Corkscrews and Miniature (size attribute)
Function:
5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
Production date:
1882-1900
Department:
Nonnative US and Canada (except California)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Corkscrew, accession number 2-68782a,b, described as Corkscrew, folding pocket type in shape of miniature bottle; a)base, nickel plated brass concealing wire helical worm hinged at top of base; brass plate soldered to base containing logo of "Anheuser Busch"; b) top half of bottle serving as cover; 7.2 cm overall length of bottle. Advertising giveaway; pocket wine bottle cork puller, 19th Century. See "Corkscrews for Collectors" Watney & Babbidge, Plate 116.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Corkscrew, accession number 2-68782a,b, described as Corkscrew, folding pocket type in shape of miniature bottle; a)base, nickel plated brass concealing wire helical worm hinged at top of base; brass plate soldered to base containing logo of "Anheuser Busch"; b) top half of bottle serving as cover; 7.2 cm overall length of bottle. Advertising giveaway; pocket wine bottle cork puller, 19th Century. See "Corkscrews for Collectors" Watney & Babbidge, Plate 116.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Corkscrew, accession number 2-68782a,b, described as Corkscrew, folding pocket type in shape of miniature bottle; a)base, nickel plated brass concealing wire helical worm hinged at top of base; brass plate soldered to base containing logo of "Anheuser Busch"; b) top half of bottle serving as cover; 7.2 cm overall length of bottle. Advertising giveaway; pocket wine bottle cork puller, 19th Century. See "Corkscrews for Collectors" Watney & Babbidge, Plate 116.

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