Corkscrew

Museum number:
2-69008
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020069008
Accession number:
Acc.4190
Description:
Corkscrew/caplifter combination, anthropomorphic; chrome plated die cast figure satirizing Senator Volstead (prohibitionist) resting on umbrella; hands resting on umbrella form crown caplifter; wire helical work simulates frock coat tails; base inscribed "Old Snifter" and "Negbaur, NY" ; 14.2 cm long. Harry Negbaur was a tool and die maker for the Dollin Die Casting Company of Irvington, New Jersey. See "Corkscrews for Collectors", Watney & Babbidge, Plate XXI. See also The Virtual Corkscrew Museum's Weekly Newspaper "The Weekly Screw" no. 500, January 20, 2008.
Donor:
Paul Frank Ziegelmaier
Collection place:
Irvington, Essex County, New Jersey
Culture or time period:
United States Historic
Collector:
Paul Frank Ziegelmaier
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Corkscrews
Function:
5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
Department:
Nonnative US and Canada (except California)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Corkscrew, accession number 2-69008, described as Corkscrew/caplifter combination, anthropomorphic; chrome plated die cast figure satirizing Senator Volstead (prohibitionist) resting on umbrella; hands resting on umbrella form crown caplifter; wire helical work simulates frock coat tails; base inscribed "Old Snifter" and "Negbaur, NY" ; 14.2 cm long. Harry Negbaur was a tool and die maker for the Dollin Die Casting Company of Irvington, New Jersey. See "Corkscrews for Collectors", Watney & Babbidge, Plate XXI. See also The Virtual Corkscrew Museum's Weekly Newspaper "The Weekly Screw" no. 500, January 20, 2008.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Corkscrew, accession number 2-69008, described as Corkscrew/caplifter combination, anthropomorphic; chrome plated die cast figure satirizing Senator Volstead (prohibitionist) resting on umbrella; hands resting on umbrella form crown caplifter; wire helical work simulates frock coat tails; base inscribed "Old Snifter" and "Negbaur, NY" ; 14.2 cm long. Harry Negbaur was a tool and die maker for the Dollin Die Casting Company of Irvington, New Jersey. See "Corkscrews for Collectors", Watney & Babbidge, Plate XXI. See also The Virtual Corkscrew Museum's Weekly Newspaper "The Weekly Screw" no. 500, January 20, 2008.

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