Silver - 30th January 2008

Lot 223

A good 18th century Dutch corkscrew with a wrythen baluster body and a seal foot

Estimate £1,200 - £1,500 | Hammer £3300

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Description

A good 18th century Dutch corkscrew with a wrythen baluster body and a seal foot, unscrewing to reveal a pricker or toothpick, the handle finely modelled as a rocking horse, heightened with engraving, steel worm, no maker's mark, Amsterdam c.1760 (date letter obscured) struck also with two later duty marks, 4in (10cm) long, 2oz.