May Finds

May was another good month for additions to the collection with some serious Best Six contenders. The first may be the most unassuming of the group, but it is a rare mechanical corkscrew; similar example can be found on pg. 201 World Class Corkscrews "Louis Kummer's German Registered Design 263,041 issued August 23, 1905. There is a hidden spring inside the barrel and a slotted locking mechanism. Marked D.R.G.M. 263041 on one side of the frame and METEOR on the other." Next is a Sterling silver roundlet by Gorham, followed by an Anri music box with danging girl, a very rare pistol knife corkscrew with ivory handle, large carved boars tusk corkscrew depicting a running wild boar, a rare Dutch 18th century Sterling pocket corkscrew depicting a face, a beautifully carved ivory bust of a child's head overlayed with Sterling silver, finally a Jacques Perille DIAMANT corkscrew. Stay tuned, more corkscrews are on the way.