Corkscrew

Museum number:
7-9201
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21070009201
Accession number:
Acc.4190
Description:
Wine bottle cork puller made of metal coin, steel, and silver plating. Corkscrew, simple; metal coin handle, bust of Empress Maria Theresa on one side and imperial shield on other, Latin inscriptions on both sides; cyphered center worm welded to bottom of coin.
Donor:
Paul Frank Ziegelmaier
Collection place:
Europe
Verbatim coll. place:
Europe
Collector:
Paul Frank Ziegelmaier
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Coins (money), Corkscrews, Latin (language), Maria Theresa dollars, Talers (coins), and Thaler (unit of currency)
Function:
5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Corkscrew, accession number 7-9201, described as Wine bottle cork puller made of metal coin, steel, and silver plating. Corkscrew, simple; metal coin handle, bust of Empress Maria Theresa on one side and imperial shield on other, Latin inscriptions on both sides; cyphered center worm welded to bottom of coin.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Corkscrew, accession number 7-9201, described as Wine bottle cork puller made of metal coin, steel, and silver plating. Corkscrew, simple; metal coin handle, bust of Empress Maria Theresa on one side and imperial shield on other, Latin inscriptions on both sides; cyphered center worm welded to bottom of coin.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Corkscrew, accession number 7-9201, described as Wine bottle cork puller made of metal coin, steel, and silver plating. Corkscrew, simple; metal coin handle, bust of Empress Maria Theresa on one side and imperial shield on other, Latin inscriptions on both sides; cyphered center worm welded to bottom of coin.

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