Corkscrew

Museum number:
7-9252
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21070009252
Accession number:
Acc.4190
Object count:
1
Description:
Wine bottle cork puller, cap lifter made of cast metal, steel, machining, and plastic. Corkscrew, compound, double lever/cap lifter cast metal, raised grape/vine patterns throughout; lever arms with geared teeth at top; turning handle with opening for cap lifter, notched shank, steel Archimedean screwworm, open cage body with plastic insert at bottom.
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 7-9252, described as Wine bottle cork puller, cap lifter made of cast metal, steel, machining, and plastic. Corkscrew, compound, double lever/cap lifter cast metal, raised grape/vine patterns throughout; lever arms with geared teeth at top; turning handle with opening for cap lifter, notched shank, steel Archimedean screwworm, open cage body with plastic insert at bottom.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Corkscrew, accession number 7-9252, described as Wine bottle cork puller, cap lifter made of cast metal, steel, machining, and plastic. Corkscrew, compound, double lever/cap lifter cast metal, raised grape/vine patterns throughout; lever arms with geared teeth at top; turning handle with opening for cap lifter, notched shank, steel Archimedean screwworm, open cage body with plastic insert at bottom.

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