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FIne Wine including a Corkscrew Collection — Lawsons

Auction House:LawsonsNumber of lots recorded:53
Sale Title:FIne Wine including a Corkscrew CollectionLots with images:53
Auction Location:SydneyPrices available:41
Date:20-Mar-2009
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'King George IV Whisky' Advertising Picnic, marked 'King George IV Scotch Whiskey' to one side, and 'The Distillers Company Ltd' to the other. Excellent condition with plating fully intact and sharp full-length helix
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'Ideal Brevette' Lazy tongs, c.1920 fully marked and in good condition. Plating loss typical with age. Full-length bladed helix with sharp tip
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Vine root-handle direct-pull with marked shaft and advertising plate, marked 'Laurent Siret, Rochefort S/Loire' to shaft. Advertising plate attached to handle reads 'Archambault, Clos La Perriere'
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Early Owl Double Lever Marked 'Boj', marked on both sides of casing
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Marked 'Hebel' Registered Waiters' Friend by Eduard Becker, registered design No. 76,642 dated 26th May, 1897
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Rare fully marked 'Debouchtout' Lazy tongs with cap-Lifters, c.1900 fully marked French 'Debouchtout' Lazy tongs with cap-lifters built into the bottom link. Marked 'Debouchtout' and 'Bte S.G.D.G, Marque Et Modele Deposes France Et Etranger' on both sides. Full-length bladed helix with sharp tip
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Patterned fruitwood T-handle direct-pull with dusting brush, c.1840 quality-made fruitwood T-handle direct-pull, with heavy turned pattern handle and original dusting brush. Fine turned shaft with full-length helix
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Early French quality lazy tongs, no maker's markings, but virtually identical design to 'Ideal Brevette', a well-known French maker of lazy tongs in excellent condition, with plating almost fully intact, and full-length bladed helix
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Early nickel-plated roundlet with multi-tools in original leather case, with four 'Loose' tools enclosed in casing, including screw-driver, braddle, drill-bit, and cork-screw
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Attractively Shaped Brass-Handled Full-Metal T-Handle Direct-Pull, c.1800
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Miniature advertising pen knife with mother-of-pearl handles, miniature advertising penknife with mother-of-pearl handles, marked on one-side with 'Arc' advertising. Blade has cap-lifter incorporated and is faintly marked on one-side with makers name, 'Richards, Sheffield, England'
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'Syroco' waiter figural corkscrew, made by the 'Syracuse ornamental Company', Syracuse, New York, compression moulded from wood powder and resin, with worms and bells supplied by 'Williamson' of Newark, new Jersey
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Early marked 'Haff' patent wooden T-handle direct-pull with brass mount, early 'Haff' patent wooden T-handle direct pull with clearly marked brass handle-mount, which reads 'Patent applied for'. Thus dating back to before the official patent Application date of May 5th 1885. Good condition shaft and helix
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Marked 'R. Jones' Walnut Wood T-Handle Direct-Pull, maker's mark, 'R. Jones & Sons', a famous English maker, on one-side of the shaft. Perfect condition polished walnut wood handle. Full length finely shaped shaft and helix
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Early metal full oval grip cellarmans, c.1910 early metal full oval grip cellarmans in very good condition with most of plating intact. Full-length Helix and sharp tip
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Marked 'Leech Bros & Co' turned wooden T-handle direct-pull, maker's mark 'Leech Bros & Co, Manchester' appears on one-side of the shaft. Good condition turned polished wooden handle. Full length finely shaped helix
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Pewter replica of bull's 1937 patent 'Popeye' figural corkscrew, quality pewter metal replica of the 1937 patented 'Popeye' figural, manufactured by Swedish Company Bulls Pressjanst AB
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Rarely Seen 'Seager's' English Advertising Clough Patent, rarely found Clough Patent with 'Seager's' Advertising on wooden sheath. Very clearly stamped advertising, which reads 'Seager's London Gin, for long or short drinks, Seager Evans & Co. Ltd, Millbank, London, Established 1809'. Also marked 'Crown Cork Opener, Made in U.S.A., Patt. Mar. 1, 1910'. Good full-length helix
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Marked German spring frame self-pull with wooden handle, c.1800 marked German wooden-handled spring open-frame self-pull. Frame marked with the makers' initials 'Wp'. Some plating loss typical with age. Full-length bladed helix
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Advertising Clough patent with wooden sheath, clearly stamped with advertising which reads 'Vigo Bitters - F.C. Altmaier & Co., Chicago, Ill'
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Marked 'Irvin Ware' Chrome-Plated Metal Jigger with Cap-Lifter, barrel-shaped spirit measure with gnurled ice-crusher base. Marked with the makers' name 'Irvin Ware'
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Finely patterned brass-sided gentleman's penknife with cap-lifter, incorporated into body-shape, the nicely coloured and aged brass handles have a fine pattern embossed into each side. Single-blade and slender full-length helix
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Single bow with rare facetted handle and full-plating intact, full-length sharp bladed helix and tight locking action
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French Wood-Handled Direct-Pull with Brass Collar, quality-made French grooved boxwood-handled direct-pull with brass collar. Fine full-length bladed helix with sharp tip
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Laguiole wood handled 'Leg shape' single-blade penknife with leather pouch, marked Laguiole single-blade penknife. Light-coloured wooden handles with brass end-mountings. Maker's name stamped on blade. Laguiole trademark 'Bee' emblem on the backspring, with original brown leather pouch
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Unusual marked German 'A.W. Wadsworth' multi-tool penknife, unusual German 'A.W. Wadsworth' gentleman's multi-tool penknife. Incorporates 3-blades and corkscrew, including main blade, screwdriver/bottle-opener, and glass-cutter. Marked with makers' name 'A.W. Wadsworth, Germany' on largest blade, with tortoise-shell type inlays on both sides of the handle. Good full-length bladed helix
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Early marked 'Willetts' Eyebrow direct pull with copper-wash, c.1880 early marked 'Willetts' eyebrow finger pull. Clearly marked 'C.T. Willetts Ltd' on one-side of the shaft. Excellent condition with good percentage of original copper-wash still intact. Fine full-length bladed helix with sharp point
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Marked German spring frame self-pull with wooden handle, c.1800 marked German wooden-handled spring open-frame self-pull. Frame marked with the makers' mark 'D.R.P.27175'. Excellent condition with full-length bladed helix
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Wooden handled spring-assisted self-pull, c.1800 wooden handled spring assisted self-pull, with 'Cotter pin' in the shank above the worm. Full-length bladed helix
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American Walker's patent bell with 'Minneapolis Brewing' advertising, 1893 patent. Very good condition Walker with advertising and patented self-pulling bell. Incorporates cast 'Wire Breaker' on bell. Clearly marked advertising on the handle which reads 'Minneapolis Brewing Co' on one side, and 'Golden grain belt beer' on the other (the lettering on one-side being slightly clearer than the other). Also marked 'Walker's Patents' on the underside of the handle around the screw stem. Finely bladed full-length…
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Advertising Cigar-Cutter Penknife, c.1900 cigar-cutter penknife with advertising on one side of the handle which reads 'Compliments of Old Prentice Distillery'. Blade also marked with the makers' name 'Spear Cutlery Co, Germany'. Full-length bladed helix with sharp tip
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Marked Clough Patent with 'Rohrer's Liquor' Advertising and Sheath, clearly stamped advertising on the handle which reads 'The Largest the Cheapest, Rohrer's Liquor Store, 24 & 25 Centre Square, Lancaster, Pa.'
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Single bow with excellent full-length bladed helix, c.1800 single bow with excellent full-length bladed helix and sharp tip. Good tight 'Locking' action. Plating also in good order, with only minor loss
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Early Metal 4-Finger Eyebrow, c.1900 early all-metal 4-Finger 'Eyebrow'. In very good original condition, with full-length bladed helix
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Old French 'Perille' flynut, unmarked flynut made by famous French maker, 'J. Perille'. Flynut is not fixed to the frame (unlike the most common and later variety). Almost total plating-loss in-keeping with age. Full-length helix
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Frame Flynut with Tap Shape Handle, unmarked Plated Frame Flynut with tap-shaped handle. Plating almost totally intact, and with full-length helix and sharp tip
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Early four finger-pull Cellarman's with reeded-edge button, c.1800 rarely seen four finger-pull Cellarman's with nicley shaped stem and reeded-edge button. Good quality full-length bladed helix
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Marked ornate pewter 'Vine leaves' direct pull, quality pewter direct pull with beautifully designed ornate vine leaves shaped handle. Engraved-style vine pictorals on both sides of handle. Clearly embossed on one-side of the handle 'Copyright 1989 Seagull'. Good quality full-length helix
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T-handle direct-pull in excellent original condition, including hanging-ring. Good full-length helix
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Highly unusual horn-handled 'Monopol' German frame, rare example of Usbeck's German 'Monopol' frame with horn-handle. No markings, but exact 'Monopol' design with enclosed bearings at the top of the frame. In very good condition for age, with full-length bladed helix
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Early metal 4-finger eyebrow, in very good original condition, with full-length bladed helix
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Spring frame self-pull. Excellent condition, but with plating loss typical with age. Fine full-length helix and sharp tip
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Rare 'John Watts' military wooden T-handle direct-pull, marked 'John Watts' military turned-wood T-handle direct-pull. Maker's mark, 'John Watts, Sheffield' clearly marked on one-side of the shaft, and war Defence Department 'Arrow' on the other. Quality full-length helix with sharp tip
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Beautiful Laguiole 'Rouergue' multi-wood handled leg shape penknife, stunning multi-coloured scales, comprising red wide and blue densified wood, with brass inserts and mounts. Marked 'Laguiole Rouergue' on blade. Laguiole trademark 'Bee' emblem on the back-spring. Full-length helix with sharp tip
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Classic full brass barrel, self-pull in excellent condition, with full-length archimedean helix and sharp tip
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Excellent condition fully marked 'Zig zag' Lazy tongs, c.1920 excellent condition French 'Zig zag' Lazy tongs with only light metal tarnish. Marked 'Zig zag' on handle and on one-side of the shoulder joint 'Bte S.G.D.G, Fr. & Et, M & M Dep'. Cap-lifters built into the the upper spring/shoulder joint - thus being the more valuable of the versions available. Full-length helix with sharp tip
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Rare French wood-handled champagne Tap with serpent spout, medium length 'Long-Tap', with turned-wooden handle and ornate serpent's head shaped spout. Perfectly straight stem with plating almost fully intact, and fine full-length bladed helix and sharp tip
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Beautiful fully marked example of copper-washed 'Lund' single-lever, fully-marked with remnants of copper-wash still visible. Excellent condition with very clearly marked makers' badges on both sides. One reads 'Lund Patentee London' with crest, and the other 'Lund's London lever for drawing corks', the original matching corkscrew is also marked on both sides, with 'Lund Patented maker' on one side, and faintly on the other side Lund's address - with the words 'Fleet Street' most clearly visible. Fine…
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Quality German brass key with lime-wash detail, heavy quality-made brass 'Key' with 'Lime wash' detail. Verdigris finish with ornate vine leave design arround corkscrew handle, which also acts as a cap-lifter. Finely bladed full-length helix with sharp tip. Believed to be German-made
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German Monopol 'Ah-So' butler's friend Prong Pullers with cap-lifter handle. Marked on one-side 'Monopol, West Germany, Ah-So'
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Early all-metal sheath picnic, with cap-lifter. Registered design, fully marked on the top of cap-lifter with registration details and the words 'Made in England'
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Swedish direct pull with Trademark oval wooden handle, unmarked, but believed to made by the famous Swedish maker 'C.V. Heljestrand'. Quality full-length bladed helix with sharp point
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Excellent example of Heeley & Sons 'A1 double lever', superb example of the famous 'A1 double lever' made by James Heeley & Sons of Birmingham, and patented in 1888. Fully marked 'James Heeley & Sons Ltd, A1 double-lever' on one side of handle. Full mechanism in excellent working-order, with remnants of copper wash still remaining. Full-length finely tapered helix in immaculate condition with sharp tip
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