Bottle opener & can opener

Museum number:
2-68902
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020068902
Accession number:
Acc.4190
Object count:
1
Description:
Kitchen tool, 20th century. Can opener/corkscrew/caplifter/beer can opener comb; Nickel plated steel bar stock formed into handle; swiveling beer can opener at one end; swiveling wire helical worm at center; thumb guard riveted at center; caplifter and can-piercing knife at opposite end; pat'd June 4, 1929; 14.5 cm long
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
Function:
5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
Department:
Nonnative US and Canada (except California)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Bottle opener & can opener, accession number 2-68902, described as Kitchen tool, 20th century. Can opener/corkscrew/caplifter/beer can opener comb; Nickel plated steel bar stock formed into handle; swiveling beer can opener at one end; swiveling wire helical worm at center; thumb guard riveted at center; caplifter and can-piercing knife at opposite end; pat'd June 4, 1929; 14.5 cm long
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bottle opener & can opener, accession number 2-68902, described as Kitchen tool, 20th century. Can opener/corkscrew/caplifter/beer can opener comb; Nickel plated steel bar stock formed into handle; swiveling beer can opener at one end; swiveling wire helical worm at center; thumb guard riveted at center; caplifter and can-piercing knife at opposite end; pat'd June 4, 1929; 14.5 cm long

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