Corkscrew
1920 (made)
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Corkscrew, the handle is composed of a large boar's tusk of downward curving profile, the narrower end with a cap of plain silver, the broader end with a stamped mount composed of running vine leaves and buches of grapes; large plated worm with central revolving openwork cage and claw to grip the top of a bottle; upper collar of plated steel imitating bamboo.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | silver, plated steel and a boar's tusk |
| Brief description | Corkscrew, plated steel, the handle a boar's tusk with silver mounts, United States, ca.1920 |
| Physical description | Corkscrew, the handle is composed of a large boar's tusk of downward curving profile, the narrower end with a cap of plain silver, the broader end with a stamped mount composed of running vine leaves and buches of grapes; large plated worm with central revolving openwork cage and claw to grip the top of a bottle; upper collar of plated steel imitating bamboo. |
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| Credit line | G. Giachin Bequest |
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| 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.110-1993 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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