Furniture & Works of Art - 5th July 2011

Lot 604

A McBrides 1888 champagne corkscrew

Estimate £120 - £140

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Description

A McBrides 1888 champagne corkscrew, with boxwood handle marked 'Dry Monopol Patent 7431 Heldsick and Co Reims' also with Comet logo, grooved wire helix. See Fletcher Wallis, British Corkscrew Patents, page 110.