拍品專文
Westley Richards is mentioned in Dr. Bernard Watneys book Corkscrews for Collectors as producing in 1849 a corkscrew with a thread limited to the upper and lower portions of the worm. (see page 61)
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細節
AN ENGLISH 19TH CENTURY STRAIGHT-PULL CORKSCREW
with turned rosewood handle and waisted shank marked Westley Richards, Birmingham, grooved helix with broken tip (there are small grip marks on the worm possibly caused by tightening)
See plate 5
with turned rosewood handle and waisted shank marked Westley Richards, Birmingham, grooved helix with broken tip (there are small grip marks on the worm possibly caused by tightening)
See plate 5
注意事項
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