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FIne Wine including a Corkscrew Collection — Lawsons

Auction House: Lawsons Number of lots recorded: 53
Sale Title: FIne Wine including a Corkscrew Collection Lots with images: 53
Auction Location: Sydney Prices available: 41
Date: 20/03/2009









Lot Description Price Image
*** '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 ***
*** 'Ideal Brevette' Lazy Tongs, c.1920 fully marked and in good condition. Plating loss typical with age. Full-length bladed helix with sharp tip ***
*** 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' ***
*** Early Owl Double Lever Marked 'Boj', marked on both sides of casing ***
*** Marked 'Hebel' Registered Waiters' Friend by Eduard Becker, registered design No. 76,642 dated 26th May, 1897 ***
*** 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 ***
*** 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 ***
*** 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 ***
*** 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 ***
*** Attractively Shaped Brass-Handled Full-Metal T-Handle Direct-Pull, c.1800 ***
*** Miniature Advertising Penknife 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' ***
*** Sought After 'Syroco' Waiter Figural, c.1940 rare 'Syroco' Waiter Figural made by the 'Syracuse Ornamental Company', Syracuse, New York during the 1940s and 1950s. Compression molded from wood powder and resin, with worms and bells supplied by 'Williamson' of Newark, New Jersey. Finely detailed and in excellent condition, apart from minor paint loss typical with age and construction. Original maker's label on bottom of base still in place, which faintly reads 'Syroco Wood' ***
*** 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 ***
*** 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 ***
*** 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 ***
*** 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 ***
*** Pewter Replica of Bull's 1937 Patent 'Popeye' Figural, Quality pewter metal replica of the 1937 patented 'Popeye' figural (which was manufactured by Swedish company Bulls Pressjanst Ab) ***
*** 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 ***
*** 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 ***
*** Advertising Clough Patent with Wooden Sheath, clearly stamped with advertising which reads 'Vigo Bitters - F.C. AltMaier & Co., Chicago, Ill' ***

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