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Corkscrew (Roundlet)

1867-1868 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

The case of silver, the worm of steel with a single flute. Comprising a silver case with rounded ends, tapering from the centre at each side; the two sections screw together, one contains a steel worm fitted to a washer which can be pulled out and held in a square aperture cut in the sides of the case; worm cut with a series of mouldings at the top and a single flute.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Corkscrew
  • Corkscrew Part
Materials and techniques
Silver, the worm of steel
Brief description
Corkscrew (roundlet), silver and steel, London hallmarks for 1867-68, mark of Thomas Johnson.
Physical description
The case of silver, the worm of steel with a single flute. Comprising a silver case with rounded ends, tapering from the centre at each side; the two sections screw together, one contains a steel worm fitted to a washer which can be pulled out and held in a square aperture cut in the sides of the case; worm cut with a series of mouldings at the top and a single flute.
Dimensions
  • Length: 8.2cm
  • Open width: 8.4cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • London hallmarks for 1867-68
  • Mark of Thomas Johnson
  • Engraved with a crest: an eagle displayed statant. (Unidentified: see Fairbairn's Crests of the Families of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol.II, plate 105, no.4.)
Credit line
G. Giachin Bequest
Object history
This is similar to the corkscrew patented in 1873 by George Wright and Charles Bailey. Thomas Johnson was a firm of smallworkers established at 10 Dyers Buildings, Holborn, who specialised in the manufacture of small luxury items such as this roundlet.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Bernard M. Watney and Homer D. Babbidge, Corkscrews for Collectors, Sotheby Park Bernet, London and New York, 1981, ISBN: 0 85667 113 4
Collection
Accession number
M.84:1-1993

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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