An English straight pull corkscrew with wood handle incorporating a dusting brush and hanging ring. Turned and faceted steel stem ending in a ‘Henshall button’, the underside of which is cut with fluting. Samuel Henshall patented a button in England in 1795, its purpose to compress and turn the cork once the worm was fully inserted, thus breaking any bond that might exist between cork and bottle. Perfect square wire helical worm. Circa 1870.