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Period Features: Collectable Corkscrews

It is getting to that time of year when a spare corkscrew may come in handy but did you know they are a collectable item and some people have whole shelves full of the most intriguing shapes and sizes? http://www.corkscrewi ...

It is getting to that time of year when a spare corkscrew may come in handy but did you know they are a collectable item and some people have whole shelves full of the most intriguing shapes and sizes?

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http://www.corkscrewinn.com/wine_museum
I find Collectors Weekly a great source for interesting period features:
http://www.collectorsweekly.com/kitchen/corkscrews. Here’s what they say about these useful little kitchen tools:

‘Corkscrews, invented around 1800, are an interesting collectable and can be relatively affordable (especially the more modern, 20th-century advertising types.

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Bovril Corkscrew? Image eracorkscrews.com

There are two types of corkscrews: those where the power comes from the person operating the mechanism (known as a straight pull)

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Vintage Brass Bruxelles boy Cherub Peeing Wine Bottle Corkscrew Souvenir. Image http://thumbs4.picclick.com/

and those with a mechanism that produces the power.

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Corkscrewsonline.com

Antique and vintage corkscrews come in a wide variety of shapes (including novelty corkscrews that take on fun forms like animals or people),

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and their handles are made from a range of materials, such as metal, bone, or wood.

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antiqbuyers.com

Watch out for damage to the mechanism.’

So there you have it – a whole world of wacky ways to pull a cork from a bottle. Here’s one of my favourites:

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Image: motleycollection.com (or in this case maybe muttley collection?)

 

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