Details
A 19th Century straight-pull corkscrew
with turned double acorn handle, some slight corrosion at top of shank, centre worm; a simple lever-hole corkscrew with shaped wood handle and brush, marked London Patent, wire helix slightly short; and three further simple corkscrews including an example with turned bone handle and brush, baluster steel shank and fluted button.
See Plates 13 and 14 (5)
with turned double acorn handle, some slight corrosion at top of shank, centre worm; a simple lever-hole corkscrew with shaped wood handle and brush, marked London Patent, wire helix slightly short; and three further simple corkscrews including an example with turned bone handle and brush, baluster steel shank and fluted button.
See Plates 13 and 14 (5)