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.
Sold for: £170
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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.
