Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - 30th March 2022
Lot 503
A RARE FRENCH STEEL 'TIRE-BOUCHON A CAGE' CORKSCREW
Estimate £1,000 - £1,500 | Hammer £1300
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Description
A RARE FRENCH STEEL 'TIRE-BOUCHON A CAGE' CORKSCREW
LATE 18TH CENTURY
with a brass collar above the turned handle and an openwork cage barrel, the slender helix with a removable cover
12cm long
Catalogue Note
For a similar slightly earlier example, see Bernard Watney and Homer Babbidge, Corkscrew for Collectors, p.35, pl.23.