FIG001 $35

Wooden chef with bottle cap lifter on back side. Head lifts off to expose corkscrew. Some paint chips. 6 5/8".

FIG002 SOLD

Clown Double Lever Corkscrew. 1959 Patent After Carlo Gemelli's American Design Patent 184,613 for this corkscrew on March 17, 1959. The title of the patent is "Bottle Opener."

FIG003 $90

Figural Corkscrew - Heavy 4" stylized Eagle corkscrew marked TROY.

CEL004 $65

Heavy pewter gnome corkscrew. He is pulling the cork. Marked TINN -PER NORWAY on one side and STØPT TINN PEWTER on the other.

FIG005 $45

Cat corkscrew marked ISRAEL. For more on Israeli corkscrew see: http://www.bullworks.net/daily/israelsept.htm

FIG006 $325

This is a great corkscrew except for the missing silver mount. The alligator is a very nice detailed carving on a tusk. Williamson patented bell cap. Tusk is 8" in a straight line from point to other end.

FIG007 $175

Heavy brass 4" tall x 3 1/2" long foot complete with "leg bone" as sheath. Marked AUBOCK MADE IN AUSTRIA on the bottom.

FIG008 $85

This is the "Bremer Schlüssel" (Bremen Key). Silver plate. Very fine condition.

FIG009 SOLD

Silver Bremer Stadtmusikanten Key Corkscrew. On top of this silver plated corkscrew are four animals from the Brothers Grimm Fairytale The Bremen Town Musicians. When these musicians performed the donkey brayed, the hound barked, the cat mewed, and the cock crowed. 5 7/8".

FIG010 $40

Heavy nickel plated key with sheath.

FIG010 $275

The F. W. Jordan Company in Solingen, Germany produced this advertising corkscrew / knife in the shape of a Maggi bottle. The advertising on the front of the bottle is "Für jeden tisch, Maggi's Würze, altbewährt" and on the other side "Für Jede Küche, zum verbessern schwacher suppen und speisen." Jordan was founded in Solingen in 1867 and the name was registered in 1898.

Julius Michael Johannes Maggi was born in Switzerland October 9, 1846. He was the son of a Swiss and an Italian immigrant. He studied in Basel and as a young man moved to Budapest where he worked in a mill and was eventually transferred to a Swiss branch where he began his curiosity of nutrition. When he met a man named Schuler, they experimented with vegetable oils. By 1886 they introduced Maggi soups and in the same year the legendary Maggi spice was launched. Within a year distribution agencies were spread throughout Europe and the United States. The yellow and red colors of the unusual bottle shape and the star logo become well known. In 1947 the Maggi firm merged with Nestlé companies. Today the company produces a wide range of products under the Maggi label

FIG013 SOLD

Boot shape Corkscrew / Bottle Opener. 3 1/2" combination corkscrew and bottle opener with the boot serving as the sheath for the worm.

FIG015 $37

Silver Plate Patent Sommelier Corkscrew- Pierre the Sommelier. A silver-plated double lever corkscrew marked SOMMELIER at the base. Aldo Colombo's U. S. Patent D-274,974 of August 7, 1984.

FIG016 SOLD

Corkscrew - Jolly Old Topper Snowman. The "Jolly Old Topper" was made by The Steele and Johnson Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut. It was produced as a cork stopper, spoon, jigger and bottle top. Under the stovepipe hat is the corkscrew. The mouth is a cap lifter and the ears are handles for the corkscrew. This is the jigger.

In advertising Steele and Johnson used this bit of poetry: The Jolly Old Topper - His big mouth will uncap ale and beer, He has big ears and perhaps looks queer ,Pull off his hat and you will see, Just why it is that he's screw-ee.

FIG017 $45

Heavy pewter viking corkscrew. Marked TINN -PER NORWAY.