A tin plated corkscrew with an asymmetric, cast brass handle and an archimedian thread.

material: brass, steel

marking:
none


Chrome- or nickelplated corkscrew with a handle with glasspearls.

It's a gift from my parents from South Africa. In the giftbox I've found a little note

"Made by BUSI in South Africa"

Who or where ever Busi is, thanks a lot......

material: metal, glasspearls

marking:
none

This horn handle direct pull corkscrew with a wire breaker in the end of the handle was invented by

Kemter & Bell

of Melborne, Australia

in the year 1913.

Although many companies in England produced these, they seem to be far less common in England than in Australia and New Zealand where they frequently pop up.

material: horn, steel, brass

marking:
SLASH No 30 or ST. ASH No 30


One three finger pull (offen called "eyebow") and two four finger pulls.

Finger pulls are designed to fit two, three or four fingers. Most of them are English.

left: with a cast iron handle

right: for use independently or with a lever

material: steel

marking:
all none



And another three finger puller.

Handle covered with leather.


material: steel, leather

marking:
none


Two simple three finger pulls formed out of one piece of steelwire, shaped and wrapped.

material: steel

marking:
none


This

full grip finger puller

often referred to as the

Cellarman's Corkscrew.

You can find this typ with different threads or with a wire helix.

material: nickelplated steel

marking:
none


Simple T-form corkscrew with wooden handle, grooving at the shaft and centre worm.

Manufactured probably in Germany.

material: steel, wood

marking:
none


Classic swedish design from Eskilstuna with the typical barrel-shaped wooden handle.

material: steel, wood

marking:
none


T-form corkscrew with nicely made wooden handle, grooving at the shaft and helical worm.

Manufactured probably in Germany.

material: steel, wood, brass

marking:
none


T-form corkscrew with turned horn handle, square shaft and helical worm.

Probably made in England or France.

material: steel, wood, brass

marking:
none


Mid-size corkscrew with a torpedo shaped wooden handle and an archimedean worm.

Origin: probably England

material: steel, wood

marking:
none


Corkscrew with a wooden handle shaped like a champagne cork.
The patent was primarily to provide a champagne wire or string breaker at the bottom of the worm.

material: steel, wood

marking:
on wooden handle:
Dry Monopole   Patent No 7431  Heidsieck&Co. Reims
on the shaft:
Mc Brides Patent   Dry Monopol



Corkscrew with a nicely shaped wooden handle.

Probably British

material: steel, wood

marking:
none



Corkscrew with an artful design handle, showing a fighting youngling and faun.

Origin: Danmark

Design by the Danish artist
Mogens Ballin (1871-1914)

material: steel, brass

marking:
none


In 1876,

Edwin Wolverson

registered his corkscrew in England for a design that added a hole in the shank for the middle finger when grasping the corkscrew.

material: steel, brass, wood

marking:
none


In 1870 , Englishman

Hiram Codd

introduced an internally stoppered bottle. The bottle has a glass ball molded into a chamber in the top.

On May 10, 1872 he registered his first opener for depressing the glass balls in the neck of the bottle.

material: steel, wood

marking:
none


In 1870 , Englishman

Hiram Codd

introduced an internally stoppered bottle. The bottle has a glass ball molded into a chamber in the top.

On May 10, 1872 he registered his first opener for depressing the glass balls in the neck of the bottle.

material: steel, wood

marking:
none


British 2 finger pull corkscrew with a pointed centre worm.

material: steel

marking:
BERKELEY & Co Ltd
1933


British 2 finger corkscrew with figural brass handle.

material: steel, brass

marking:
???
Dartmoor Pixie


3 finger corkscrew with handle made out of brass and Henshall button.

G.F. Hipkins Type, often marked with UNIVERSAL G.F. Hipkins

material: steel, brass

marking:
none


This T-form corkscrew was probably made after 1903 in the Thuringian Wood. The still existing vinery

Weingut Meuschel

became in 1903
Königlich Bayerischer Hoflieferant and has had good business connections to the Thuringian Woods and Saxonian area.

material: steel

markings:
WILH.MEUSCHEL.JR
SEIT 1845
KITZINGEN A/M.
KGL.BAYER.& HERZOGL.SÄCHS.HOFLIEFERANT


A nice and unusual corkscrew with an artistic styled brass handle showing wine grapes.

decoratively turned shaft

material: brass, plated steel

marking:
none


This Mid-Size corkscrew is only approx. 3" long. It was used for small corks.

origin: France?

material: steel, horn

marking:
LOSSAN or LUSSAN


Another Mid-size corkscrew with a really nice horn handle with bone covers.

Origin: probable France

material: steel, bone, horn

marking:
LE or CE


French T-form corkscrew with a figural brass handle.....

Manufactured by
Jean-Étienne Gagnepain,
probably between 1871 and 1893.

material: steel, brass

marking:
Gagnepain



French T-form corkscrew with a horn handle

material: steel, horn

marking:
none



French T-form corkscrew with brass handle.

a classic.


material: steel, brass

marking:
none


Twenty three patents for corkscrews and corkscrew producing machinery were issued to

William Rockwell Clough

of Alton, New Hampshire. The first in 1875 for little wire corkscrews for medicine bottles and small corks, the last one in 1920 for a knife with a folding worm.

right: with advertising on the handle
left: with a wooden sleeve

material: wire, wood

marking:
none


T-form corkscrew

American Patent No.
315 773, April 14, 1885
317 123, May 5, 1885

Edward P. Haff

Technically not corkscrew patents but handle mount patents by Haff, manufactured in different styles and sizes.

material: steel, wood, brass

markings:
HAFF M'F'G.Co.NEW
PATdAPL.14.85.MAY5TH85


William A. Williamson

A short version of his T-form corkscrew with caplifter, but without the bell.

material: steel, wood

markings on handle:
Williamson Co.
NEWARK, - N.J.

Will draw a cork
Remove a crown
Break the wire

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