1) Final Comments on Double Folding Corkscrews.
Brian May and Steven Webb http://www.
corkscrewappraisals.
com/
Irish makers Richard Singleton and Thomas Read made versions of this corkscrew in the mid to late 18th century as discussed by Bert...
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1) Final Comments on Double Folding Corkscrews.
Brian May and Steven Webb http://www.
corkscrewappraisals.
com/
Irish makers Richard Singleton and Thomas Read made versions of this corkscrew in the mid to late 18th century as discussed by Bert
Giulian.
We have provided evidence for specific makers (W Pardoe, IBest, J Riley) manufacturing steel double folding corkscrews in Wolverhampton
in the last quarter of the 18th century or a little earlier.
Two likely makers of double folding corkscrews, albeit very plain versions, have been identified in London for the year 1794 (Spyers and
Sparling).
A silver doubling folding corkscrew with marks W T can be assigned to a London silversmith in the early part of the 19th century
(1807/8).
Steel versions of the corkscrew were shown in Birmingham catalogues from 1802 until 1880.
As expected the features of these corkscrews
mimic those made in Wolverhampton.
However no specific maker of double folding corkscrews has been iden
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