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Advertising Print Blocks with Matching Corkscrews

1 1/2" x 2" advertising print block for William A. Williamson's December 13, 1898 U. S. Patent D-29,798 corkscrew with cap lifter above the bell.

1 3/4" x 2 1/4" advertising print block for William A. Williamson's August 10, 1897 U. S. Patent 587,900 corkscrew with washer above the bell.

1 3/4" x 2 1/4" advertising print block for William A. Williamson's August 10, 1897 U. S. Patent 587,900 corkscrew with flat fixed wire cutter above the bell.

2" x 2" advertising print block for William A. Williamson's August 10, 1897 U. S. Patent 587,900 corkscrew with flat fixed wire cutter above the bell.

2" x 2 1/4" advertising print block for William A. Williamson's December 13, 1898 U. S. Patent D-29,798 corkscrew with cap lifter above the bell.

1 1/4 x 1 3/4" advertising print block depicting a Williamson T handle corkscrew. The corkscrew is marked WILLIAMSON on the shaft.

2 3/4" x 5" advertising print block showing four wire finger pulls.

Two advertising print blocks for the Williamson bullet corkscrew. 1 3/4" x 3" block shows the bullet closed and 2" x 2" block shows the bullet with worm unfolded and ready for use.

The accompanying corkscrew is Williamson's 1897 U. S. Patent Number 583,561. It is marked on the bottom WILLIAMSON CO., NEWARK, N.J. PATENTED JUNE 1 97.

On June 1, 1897 William A. Williamson was granted U.S. Patent #583,561 for his invention of a corkscrew which is concealed inside a small bottle or bullet shape. The ends thread together and when unscrewed, a helix pivots at an angle to the base. The two pieces are then screwed back together to form the handle.

1 3/8" x 1 1/2' advertising print block showing the Williamson Bottle Corkscrew open and closed.

The accompanying corkscrew is Williamson's 1897 patent. Marked on the bottom WILLIAMSON CO., NEWARK, N. J., MAN'FR'S

It has an advertising plate for "Peeble's Old Cabinet Whisky, Cincinnati, O."

On June 1, 1897 William A. Williamson was granted U.S. Patent #583,561 for his invention of a corkscrew which is concealed inside a small bottle or bullet shape. The ends thread together and when unscrewed, a helix pivots at an angle to the base. The two pieces are then screwed back together to form the handle.




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