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A FRENCH 18TH CENTURY STEEL CORKSCREW
with gilt inlaid foliate and C-sroll loop handle, the sheath gilt inlaid with alternating curved panels of foliage, ribbon helix, overall length - 8cm. (3.1/ins.)
See Plate 1
with gilt inlaid foliate and C-sroll loop handle, the sheath gilt inlaid with alternating curved panels of foliage, ribbon helix, overall length - 8cm. (3.1/ins.)
See Plate 1
Literature
See Corkscrews of the 18th Century, Bertand Giulian, figs. 115-118 for similar examples
Special notice
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