Collecting the Antique Corkscrew: From the Simple Steel Worm to the Ornate Mechanical Cork Removers

In the 1660s, the earliest known reference to a tool to draw corks out of bottles, was known as the “Steele Worme.” Even today, the screw part of the corkscrew is often referred to as a worm. While corkscrews of a type were being

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