A late 18th/early 19th century silver picnic corkscrew

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A late 18th/early 19th century silver picnic corkscrew
with faceted eye and gadrooned and knopped shaped handle, the tapering sheath forming the handle, grooved wire helix, tip slightly blunt, maker's mark on base of sheath, D.F. in script, probably English, circa 1800. See Plate 8
Literature
Watney & Babbidge, Pl. 26 and Colour Plate VII

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