Recent finds

I've been too busy with tax season as well as some other projects that I have going on to post to the blog. Now that I'm pretty caught up, here's my latest finds from the past few months. The Hull Royal Club corkscrew in the center is sure to be a strong contender for my Best Six for 2024. Other notable examples include a boars rusk handle corkscrew with a relief carving of a monkey stealing a couple bottles of wine, an unusual wooden alligator carving, a stag handle corkscrew with deer carving. The Sterling silver roundlet is fairly interesting as well; I didn't realize until I actually handled it that all of the art nouveau decorations are actually all inscriptions including some initials and a date. Stay tuned, more rare corkscrews are arriving soon.