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	Lund Lever Corkscrew CS126 Original, quality, late 19th century, two piece corkpuller, with most of the original bronze finish. The lever grips are embossed "Lund Patentee London" with a Coat of Arms to one side and to the other "The Patentee 24 Fleet Street, 57 Cornhill, London". The top grip of the corkscrew is impressed "Lund Patentee and Maker" with the two addresses again. All is complete and in good and working order. 8.5" x 2" x 1.5" grips, 2" x 4.25" corkscrew. Click on photo for larger and other view. Price: £115.00


Corkscrew CS125 Original, quality, late 19th century, steel corkscrew with a fingergrip and a turned hickory handle. The hole to one end of the handle, originally holding a brush, has been later filled in. All is complete and in good and working order otherwise. 6.5" x 3.5" x 1". Click on photo for larger and other view. Price: £75.00


	Coneys Patent Corkscrew CS124 Original, quality, late 19th century corkscrew, with a nickel plated barrel and spout and a turned fruitwood handgrip incorporating a hollow push rod for depressing the marble on codd bottles enabling the lemonade or mineral water to be extracted. When the marble is held down the gas will force the liquid up and through the hollow handle, out the spout and into a glass. The plated barrel is impressed "Coneys Patent" and all is complete and in good and working order. A super example. 6" x 4" x 1". Click on photo for larger and other view. Price: £230.00


Lund Lever Corkscrew CS123 Original, quality, late 19th century, two piece corkpuller, with most of the original bronze finish. The lever grips are embossed "Lund Patentee London" with a Coat of Arms to one side and to the other "The Patentee 24 Fleet Street, 57 Cornhill, London". The top grip of the corkscrew is impressed "Lund Patentee and Maker" with the two addresses again. All is complete and in good and working order. 8.5" x 2" x 1.5" grips, 2" x 4.25" corkscrew. Click on photo for larger and other view. Price: £115.00


	Bullet Picnic Corkscrew CS122 Original, quality 1920's picnic corkscrew, with a sheath fashioned from a brass bullet, looks to be a 303. The sheath is tapered and will fit snugly into the loop on top of the corkscrew, and thus serving as a handle and when not in use the corkscrew will thread into the bullet sheath. All has been polished and lacquered, although the lacquer may be removed if required at no extra cost. Complete and in good and working order. Closed 4.5" x 0.5", open 3" x 3.25". Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £85.00


Cast Iron Corkscrew CS121 Original, quality, late 19th century, cast iron corkscrew with a simple cast iron, finger shaped grip. Complete and in good and working order. 5.25" x 3". Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £34.00


	Eyebrow Corkscrew CS120 Original, quality, circa 1900, steel corkscrew with a cast iron eyebrow shaped handgrip. This example allows two fingers to assist the grip. Has been cleaned and lacquered and is complete and in good and working order. 4.75" x 3". Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £56.00


Steel Picnic Corkscrew CS118 Original, quality, 18th century, wrought iron picnic corkscrew. The sheath is tapered to fit snugly into the loop on top of the corkscrew, and thus serving as a handle. The stem of the corkscrew and the sheath have turned decorations and when not in use the corkscrew will thread into the sheath for protection and safety. All has been cleaned and is complete and in good and working order. Closed 2.5" x 2" open 3". Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £135.00


	Steel Picnic Corkscrew CS117 Original, quality, 18th or early 19th century, wrought iron picnic corkscrew. The sheath is tapered to fit snugly into the loop on top of the corkscrew, and thus serving as a handle. The stem of the corkscrew has turned decorations and the sheath has a continious groove also as decoration and when not in use the corkscrew will thread into the sheath for protection and safety. All has been cleaned and is complete and in good and working order. Closed 4.5", open 3.75" x 2.75". Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £156.00


Corkscrew with Finger Grip CS116 Original, quality 1920's steel corkscrew, with a finger grip and a turned walnut handle with small steel ring. Complete and in good and working order. 5.5" x 4". Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £75.00


	Corkscrew CS115 Original, quality, late 19th Century 3 finger steel corkscrew with some of the original 'bronzed' finish and a leather cover, designed to protect the fingers. An Edwin Wolverson's design but not marked as such. Complete and in good and working order. 3.25" x 4.5". Click on photo for larger view. Price: £56.00


Corkscrew with Brass Finger Grip CS114 Original, quality, late 19th Century corkscrew with a turned and ebonised wooden handle, a brass finger hole grip and a sharp steel helix. A good usable example, polished and lacquered, although the lacquer may be removed if required at no extra cost. Complete and in good and working order. 3.75" x 6.25" x 1". Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £135.00


	Folding Bow Corkscrew CS112 Original, quality, 1920's, folding bow corkscrew with a faceated steel bow and a grooved helix. Complete and in good and working order. Closed 2.75" x 1.5" and open 4.75" x 1.5". Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £56.00


Roundlet Corkscrew CS111 Original, quality, late 19th Century, pocket corkscrew with a screw-off half barrel in nickel plate and a steel helix which slides in and away. The barrel is impressed for the manufacturer 'Farrow & Jackson' and all is complete and in good and working order. The first roundlet we have seen with this name. 2.75" x 3" open and 2.75" x 0.5" closed. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £85.00


	Walnut Handled Corkscrew CS110 Original, quality, mid 19th Century, steel corkscrew with a turned walnut hand grip, a steel ring to the top and a long neck to the steel helix. The brush is missing from one end of the wooden grip and there are some minor chips to each end, but otherwise all is complete and in good and working order. A super example. 6" x 3.5" x 1". Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £65.00


Cast Iron and Steel Corkscrew CS109 Original, quality, 1920's, steel corkscrew with a cast iron, finger shaped grip. Complete and in good and working order. 5" x 3.25". Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £36.00


	Folding Bow Corkscrew CS108 Original, quality, late 19th Century, steel, folding bow corkscrew. Complete and in good and working order. Open 3.5" x 2.25" and closed 2" x 2.25". Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £38.00


Folding Bow Corkscrew CS107 Original, quality, late 19th Century, steel, folding bow pocket corkscrew. Complete and in good and working order. Open 5.25" x 2.5" and closed 3" x 2.5". Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £45.00


	Rosewood Handled Corkscrew CS105 Original, quality, steel corkscrew circa 1900, with a turned rosewood hand grip. Complete and in good and working order. 4.75" x 3.5". Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £45.00


Bone and Ebony Corkscrew CS104 Original, quality, 1920's, steel corkscrew with an Art Deco style, ebony hand grip with bone side covers. Some staining to the bone and some pitting to the steel shaft, otherwise complete and in good and working order. An unusual corkscrew. 4.5" x 2.5" x 0.75". Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £85.00


	Walnut Handled Corkscrew CS103 Original, quality, late 19th Century, steel corkscrew with a turned walnut handle and a hanging ring to the top. There is a hole to one end of the handle where a brush would have been fitted, otherwise all is complete and in good and working order. 5.25" x 3.5". Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £45.00


Walnut Handled Corkscrew CS102 Original, quality, mid to late 19th Century, steel corkscrew with a turned walnut handle, a split hanging ring to the top and the original brush to one end. A simple corkscrew in super condition. Complete and in good and working order. 4.75" x 6.5". Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £56.00


	London Rack Corkscrew CS100 Original, quality, 1920's/30's, London Rack corkpuller with a good steel finish and a turned and stained beech handle, still retaining the brush. This model has a simple but effective mechanism to extract the cork from the bottle and is a known patented design, but this example is not marked for the maker or patentee. Complete and in good and working order. 8" x 4.5" x 2.5". Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £135.00


Folding Bow Corkscrew CS99 Original, quality, late 19th Century, folding, steel, pocket corkscrew with a grooved helix. A good colour and good condition, complete and in good and working order. Folded 2.5" x 2", open 4.25" x 2". Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £56.00


	Corkscrew, 2 Available CS87 Original, quality pre-war, very basic but effective, unused corkscrew, with a nickel plated helix and stem and a japanned black wooden hand grip. Complete and in good and working order. 4.75" long x 3.5" and 1" grip. Price is for each. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £25.00


Picnic Corkscrew CS84 Original, quality, 19th Century, fine cut steel, two piece picnic corkscrew, with detail to both the ends and the stems. The pin will pull out and push into the hole in the other handle and form the 'T' piece finger grip to turn the corkscrew. A super example, complete and in good and working order. Closed 4" x 0.25", for use 2.75" x 2.25". Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £125.00


	Corkscrew CS80 Original, quality, late 19th century, steel corkscrew with a shaped and turned steel shaft over a grooved disc mounted with the original walnut handle with brush. All is complete and in good and working order. 6.75" x 5.5" x 1". Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £115.00


Steel Corkscrew CS72 Original quality, late 19th century, simple steel corkscrew with a turned walnut handle and a fine steel button. The brush is missing from one end of the walnut grip but otherwise all is complete and in good and working order. 5.5" x 3.25". Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £38.00


	Nickel Corkscrew CS68 Original quality, 1920's, all nickel corkscrew of the Farrow and Jackson type with the large wingnut action. A super corkpuller to use and unusual to find this model in nickel, they are usually brass. Polished and lacquered, although the lacquer may be removed if required at no extra cost. Complete and in good and working order. 7.5" long in total, wing nut 2.75" wide, barrel 1.5" diameter. Click on photo for a larger veiw. Price: £185.00


Lund's Patent Roundlet Pocket Corkscrew CS61 Original quality, late 19th century, corkscrew with a steel helix within a two piece nickel plated barrel case. The helix is impressed 'Lund's Patent' and the barrel, 'Lund's Patent Spherical Joint London'. When the barrel is unscrewed the helix will move and slide into one half and the other section will screw back on, see pictures. Some dents to one barrel half, otherwise complete and in good and working order. Barrel 2.75" x 1", helix 2.5". Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £185.00


	Champagne Tap CS55 Original quality, 1920's, champagne tap, with ring grip and 'ebonised' wooden 'T' handle. Although the black finish to the handle is very chipped, the nickel plating to the metalwork is in mint condition. This tap would have been used when champagne was taken for medicinal purposes and the tap would keep the contents of the bottle fresh. Apart from the finish to the wooden grip, all is complete and in good and working order. 6.75" x 3.5" handle. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £75.00


1935 Silver Jubilee Corkscrew Set CS34 Set of three original quality brass home bar tools comprising corkscrew, bottle opener with steel fittings and bottle stopper with cork. The cast brass grips depict the of heads King George V and Queen Mary and the dates 1910/1935. This set was issued to commemorate the King's Silver Jubilee in 1935. All items are marked 'copyright 20216' to the reverse. Polished and lacquered, although the lacquer may be removed if required at no extra cost. Complete and in good and working order. Corkscrew 4.75" x 2.75". Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £75.00


	Steel Corkscrew CS15 Original quality, 19th century, steel corkscrew. Complete and in good and working order. Length 4.5". Click on photo for a larger view. Price: £30.00


Corkscrew with Finger Grip CS13 Original steel corkscrew with finger grip and ebonised handle. Circa 1900. Complete and in good and working order. Length 6". Click on photo for a larger view. Price: £50.00


	Corkscrew with Horn Grip CS6 Original horn handled steel corkscrew, circa 1900. Complete and in good and working order. Length 4.5". Click on photo for a larger view. Price: £45.00


Union Castle Line Corkscrew CS1 Original quality steel 'folding bow' pocket corkscrew, circa 1900, stamped 'Union Castle Line'. Complete and in good and working order. 3" long when closed. Click on photo for larger and other views Price: £75.00

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