Two Small 19th Century Straight-pull Corkscrews: One English circa 1820 having a ring turned bone handle with brush, knopped and facetted shank with button above a centre cut helix, 4¼” (11 cm) in length. The other possibly French having a bronze handle with hanging ring and pommel terminals, incised ring turning to the bronze shank flared out to a button with wrythen serrations above the centre cut helix, 5¼” (13 cm) including the ring.
Estimated Price: £100 -£150
Opening price is £1.00.
Two Small 19th Century Straight-pull Corkscrews: One English circa 1820 having a ring turned bone handle with brush, knopped and facetted shank with button above a centre cut helix, 4¼” (11 cm) in length. The other possibly French having a bronze handle with hanging ring and pommel terminals, incised ring turning to the bronze shank flared out to a button with wrythen serrations above the centre cut helix, 5¼” (13 cm) including the ring.
