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Five English simple corkscrews,
mostly 19th Century, comprising: a corkscrew with shaped bone handle, turned baluster shank and fluted button, wire helix; a further example with turned wood handle, no brush, the button with fluted upper and lower face, wire helix; a corkscrew with turned bone handle and brush and speedworm, slightly bent; a corkscrew with nickel plated shaped T-handle and black composition straight shank and flat button, marked on the shank Rd. 202169, wire helix; and a simple corkscrew with turned wood handle, wire helix, tip broken.
See Plate 15 (5)
mostly 19th Century, comprising: a corkscrew with shaped bone handle, turned baluster shank and fluted button, wire helix; a further example with turned wood handle, no brush, the button with fluted upper and lower face, wire helix; a corkscrew with turned bone handle and brush and speedworm, slightly bent; a corkscrew with nickel plated shaped T-handle and black composition straight shank and flat button, marked on the shank Rd. 202169, wire helix; and a simple corkscrew with turned wood handle, wire helix, tip broken.
See Plate 15 (5)