Corkscrew

Museum number:
7-9260
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21070009260
Accession number:
Acc.4190
Object count:
1
Description:
Corkscrew, compound, concertina type; oval cast iron handle, copper plated; four-tiered scissors-like collapsing cantilevers, joined to bottle neck ring at bottom; wire helical worm extending from lowest set of levers through ring. Wine bottle cork puller.
Donor:
Paul Frank Ziegelmaier
Collection place:
England
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 7-9260, described as Corkscrew, compound, concertina type; oval cast iron handle, copper plated; four-tiered scissors-like collapsing cantilevers, joined to bottle neck ring at bottom; wire helical worm extending from lowest set of levers through ring. Wine bottle cork puller.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Corkscrew, accession number 7-9260, described as Corkscrew, compound, concertina type; oval cast iron handle, copper plated; four-tiered scissors-like collapsing cantilevers, joined to bottle neck ring at bottom; wire helical worm extending from lowest set of levers through ring. Wine bottle cork puller.

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