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Blackpool Tower Bottle Opener BO1
Blackpool Tower Bottle Opener BO1
Original, quality chrome on steel 'crown cap' bottle opener in the form of the Blackpool Tower. One side is embossed 'Blackpool Tower' and the other with the registration number for the year 1945. An unusual tourist souvenir and complete and in good and working order.

4.25" x 1.75".

 
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Price: £45.00


Champagne Bottle Wire Cutters CS209
Original, quality late 19th century wrought iron champagne bottle wire cutters with the original bristles to the brush and stamped to the hinge "C.J" within a flag logo and "Johnson". Cleaned and lacquered and complete and in good and working order.

7" x 1.5" x 0.5".

 
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Price: £89.00


Champagne Bottle Wire Cutters CS209



Codd Bottle Opener and Corkscrew CS205
Codd Bottle Opener and Corkscrew CS205
Original, quality steel corkscrew circa 1900, with a turned light coloured wooden Codd bottle opener. The corkscrew is for corked bottles and the wooden device is for releasing the pressure on the 'Codd' patent lemonade bottles with marbles in.

5.25" x 4.5" x 1.5" diam wooden end.

 
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Price: £115.00


Brass Corkscrew CS201
Original, quality 1920's brass corkscrew with an oval shaped finger grip, tapered shoulders and a steel helix. An unusual example. Polished and lacquered, although the lacquer may be removed at no extra cost and complete and in good and working order.

5.75" x 2.5" widest.

 
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Price: £156.00


Brass Corkscrew CS201



Yankee No 2 Corkpuller CS196
Yankee No 2 Corkpuller CS196
Original, quality "Yankee No 2" bar corkscrew with a table / shelf mounting clamp with screw adjustment. This good cast iron example was patented by R. B Gilchrist in 1907 and manufactured by The Arcade manufacturing Co USA. All is in super condition, very simple to use and complete and in good and working order.

12" x 5" x 4".

 
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Price: £230.00


Cast Iron Safety Bar Corkpuller CS195
Original, quality embossed cast iron counter / bar mounted cork puller with a plate with three countersunk screw holes for mounting, a pair of bottle grips and a cranking handle with a single action of screwing the corkpuller into the cork and pulling the cork from the neck of the bottle and the second action again, but this time ejecting the cork from the corkscrew. This very decorative and very effective corkpuller is embossed with much detail "Original Safety", "Made in England" and with the registration number for the year 1909. The original chrome plating is in super order and all has been fully overhauled, polished and lacquered, although the lacquer may be removed at no extra cost and is complete and in good and working order.

9.5" tall x 12" wide including handle.

7.5" front to back including bottle grip and knob of handle.

 
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Price: £200.00


Cast Iron Safety Bar Corkpuller CS195



Rotary Eclipse Bar Corkpuller CS189
Rotary Eclipse Bar Corkpuller CS189
Original, quality, cast brass 'Rotary Eclipse' bar corkpuller, circa 1900 / 1920's, undoubtedly the finest of the bar corkpullers ever manufactured. One wind of the handle, clockwise, will turn the screw into the cork and another turn, anti-clockwise, will draw the cork from the bottle with no effort. The circular base has four countersunk screw holes for mounting to the bar and the cranked side handle has a cylindrical ebony grip. The base also has the remains of the manufacturer's plaque detailing "The Patent Eclipse". Polished and lacquered, although the lacquer may be removed at no extra cost. We rarely find these today and this example, fully overhauled, is complete and in good and working order.

Base 4.5" diam.

Total 16" tall x 7.5" wide including handle.

13" front to back.

 
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Price: £850.00


Antler Grip Corkscrew CS183
Original, quality late 19th century corkscrew with a nickel stem with a button beneath, a double wire helix and a good chunky antler horn handgrip. The top has a small steel ring and all has been cleaned and waxed and is complete and in good and working order.

Handle 4" x 0.75".

Length 6".

 
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Price: £135.00


Antler Grip Corkscrew CS183



Silver Plated Wine Funnel F15
Silver Plated Wine Funnel F15
Original, quality, early to mid 19th century, silver plated on copper, two piece wine funnel. The top has a rope twist decoration to the rim and finger grip and the spout has a curve and three ribs. Some rubbing to the plating showing the copper bleeding through, otherwise complete and in good and working order.

3.75" widest x 5.5" total length.

 
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Price: £65.00


Lignum Vitae Codd Bottle Opener T22
Original, quality 1920's, codd bottle opener turned in lignum vitae, with the original rubber mount. These were used to depress the marble seal in the patent 'Codd' lemonade bottles thus allowing the gas to escape and the marble to fall back enabling the lemonade to be poured. Complete and in good and working order.

1.75" diameter x 1" tall.

 
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Price: £45.00


Lignum Vitae Codd Bottle Opener T22

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