Corkscrew

Museum number:
7-9334
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21070009334
Accession number:
Acc.4190
Object count:
1
Description:
WIne bottle cork puller made of brass, steel, die casting, machining, nickel plating, and enamel. Corkscrew; sliding barrel; one-piece nickel plated brass tee handle (with opening for cap lifter?) and male threaded shank; round slotted guide for interior of barrel; red enamel metal sliding open side female threaded barrel; black rubber bottle neck insert at base of barrel; steel Archimedean screwworm.
Donor:
Paul Frank Ziegelmaier
Collection place:
Italy
Verbatim coll. place:
Italy
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 7-9334, described as WIne bottle cork puller made of brass, steel, die casting, machining, nickel plating, and enamel. Corkscrew; sliding barrel; one-piece nickel plated brass tee handle (with opening for cap lifter?) and male threaded shank; round slotted guide for interior of barrel; red enamel metal sliding open side female threaded barrel; black rubber bottle neck insert at base of barrel; steel Archimedean screwworm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Corkscrew, accession number 7-9334, described as WIne bottle cork puller made of brass, steel, die casting, machining, nickel plating, and enamel. Corkscrew; sliding barrel; one-piece nickel plated brass tee handle (with opening for cap lifter?) and male threaded shank; round slotted guide for interior of barrel; red enamel metal sliding open side female threaded barrel; black rubber bottle neck insert at base of barrel; steel Archimedean screwworm.

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