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An English 19th Century simple corkscrew
with shaped wood handle and brush, facetted and turned shank with fluted button, grooved wire helix; a further example with shaped wood handle and brush, turned shank and large fluted button, marked on the upper face Hedges & Butler Wine Merchants London, grooved wire helix, probably slightly short; and a collection of mostly simple corkscrews, some examples rusty, including a French Diamant; two Challenge type; a German open frame perpetual, frame distorted; a split frame ball bearing Columbus type; a three-finger example marked The Lever Signet; and a four-finger corkscrew incorporating a wire cutter and cap lifter. (24)
with shaped wood handle and brush, facetted and turned shank with fluted button, grooved wire helix; a further example with shaped wood handle and brush, turned shank and large fluted button, marked on the upper face Hedges & Butler Wine Merchants London, grooved wire helix, probably slightly short; and a collection of mostly simple corkscrews, some examples rusty, including a French Diamant; two Challenge type; a German open frame perpetual, frame distorted; a split frame ball bearing Columbus type; a three-finger example marked The Lever Signet; and a four-finger corkscrew incorporating a wire cutter and cap lifter. (24)