Corkscrew

Museum number:
7-9203
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21070009203
Accession number:
Acc.4190
Description:
Wine bottle cork puller, tourist souvenir made of pewter, steel, machining, and nickel plating. Corkscrew, tee handle; pewter handle cast with prow of Viking type ship and sea monsters, "Zinn" [tin] die stamped in handle; steel cyphered center worm inserted into base of handle, nickel plated.
Donor:
Paul Frank Ziegelmaier
Collection place:
Norway
Verbatim coll. place:
Norway
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 7-9203, described as Wine bottle cork puller, tourist souvenir made of pewter, steel, machining, and nickel plating. Corkscrew, tee handle; pewter handle cast with prow of Viking type ship and sea monsters, "Zinn" [tin] die stamped in handle; steel cyphered center worm inserted into base of handle, nickel plated.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Corkscrew, accession number 7-9203, described as Wine bottle cork puller, tourist souvenir made of pewter, steel, machining, and nickel plating. Corkscrew, tee handle; pewter handle cast with prow of Viking type ship and sea monsters, "Zinn" [tin] die stamped in handle; steel cyphered center worm inserted into base of handle, nickel plated.

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