CORKSCREW
Creator(s): Unknown (Goldsmith)
Currently in storage
About this object
The corkscrew has an oblong handle which is cut from piece of red porphyry and has round gold tips at each end. The steel screw is held by a gold tubular projection from one side of the porphyry handle.
- Object name:
- CORKSCREW
- Made from:
- Porphyry -- gold -- steel
- Made in:
- France
- Date made:
- 18th Century
- Size:
- 7.1 x 5.7 cm (2 13/16 x 2 1/4 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 11.199.1
- Class:
- GOLD
- Signature marks:
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973