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A Heeley & Sons A1 double-lever corkscrw
marked on the top handle J. Heeley & Sons Ltd. A1 Double Lever, cleaned and polished, centre worm; a brass rotating frame two-pillar corkscrew with oval carriage handle, centre worm; a German nickel-plated ball bearing corkscrew with cap lifter handle, centre worm; a necessaire corkscrew with bone handle; a three-finger corkscrew; a four-finger corkscrew; a corkscrew and companion cap lifter with painted carved wood peasant figure handles; and seven various straight pull corkscrews including an English 19th Century example with turned bone handle, no brush, baluster shank and radially incised button, wire helix.
(15)
See Plate 17 for part of lot
marked on the top handle J. Heeley & Sons Ltd. A1 Double Lever, cleaned and polished, centre worm; a brass rotating frame two-pillar corkscrew with oval carriage handle, centre worm; a German nickel-plated ball bearing corkscrew with cap lifter handle, centre worm; a necessaire corkscrew with bone handle; a three-finger corkscrew; a four-finger corkscrew; a corkscrew and companion cap lifter with painted carved wood peasant figure handles; and seven various straight pull corkscrews including an English 19th Century example with turned bone handle, no brush, baluster shank and radially incised button, wire helix.
(15)
See Plate 17 for part of lot