- Date
- 1907 – 1920
- Material
- wood; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.0028 a,b
- Description
- Two corkscrews:a) A short varnished wooden dowel that has been hollowed to cover a metal corkscrew. The corckscrew has a double looped wire handle. The wooden cover is marked with “Old Crow Rye H.B. Kirke & Co New York” printed in black.b) A corkscrew similar to (a), but with a hinged hook at the…
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- Title
- Corkscrew
- Date
- 1907 – 1920
- Material
- wood; metal
- Dimensions
- 9.0 (a); 9.3 (b) cm
- Description
- Two corkscrews:a) A short varnished wooden dowel that has been hollowed to cover a metal corkscrew. The corckscrew has a double looped wire handle. The wooden cover is marked with “Old Crow Rye H.B. Kirke & Co New York” printed in black.b) A corkscrew similar to (a), but with a hinged hook at the end to open bottles. Printed in black around the wooden handle is “Midland Hotels: Midland Hotel, Manchester Midland Grand Hotel, London Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool Queen's Hotel, Leeds also Bradford Derby, Mcrecambe, etc.” and “-rown -one Opener”.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.0028 a,b
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