Corkscrew & bottle opener

Museum number:
2-68984
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020068984
Accession number:
Acc.4190
Description:
Home bar tool. Corkscrew/caplifter combination; machine turned walnut wood handle, bulbous at each end, flat on two side; chrome plated steel crown caplifter projecting from one end, Archimedean screw worm from other; max. dim. 12.4 cm
Donor:
Paul Frank Ziegelmaier
Verbatim coll. place:
United States
Culture or time period:
United States Historic
Collector:
Paul Frank Ziegelmaier
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bottle openers and Corkscrews
Function:
5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
Department:
Nonnative US and Canada (except California)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Corkscrew & bottle opener, accession number 2-68984, described as Home bar tool. Corkscrew/caplifter combination; machine turned walnut wood handle, bulbous at each end, flat on two side; chrome plated steel crown caplifter projecting from one end, Archimedean screw worm from other; max. dim. 12.4 cm
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Corkscrew & bottle opener, accession number 2-68984, described as Home bar tool. Corkscrew/caplifter combination; machine turned walnut wood handle, bulbous at each end, flat on two side; chrome plated steel crown caplifter projecting from one end, Archimedean screw worm from other; max. dim. 12.4 cm

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