A rare French straight pull corkscrew with a folding handle containing a cork press. This example is marked “PORT ?? B SGDG” on the top.
A rare French straight pull corkscrew with a folding handle containing a cork press. This example is marked “PORT ?? B SGDG” on the top. - Image 2
A rare French straight pull corkscrew with a folding handle containing a cork press. This example is marked “PORT ?? B SGDG” on the top. - Image 3
A rare French straight pull corkscrew with a folding handle containing a cork press. This example is marked “PORT ?? B SGDG” on the top. - Image 4
A rare French straight pull corkscrew with a folding handle containing a cork press. This example is marked “PORT ?? B SGDG” on the top. - Image 5
A rare French straight pull corkscrew with a folding handle containing a cork press. This example is marked “PORT ?? B SGDG” on the top. - Image 6

A rare French straight pull corkscrew with a folding handle containing a cork press. This example is marked “PORT ?? B SGDG” on the top.

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A rare French straight pull corkscrew with a folding handle containing a cork press. This example is marked “PORT ?? B SGDG” on the top. The B SGDG stands for Brevette Sans Garantie Du Gouvernment – which means that it was patented without guarantee from the government. This was Frederic Port’s French Patent No. 48,208 granted on the 8th of April 1861. This example is pictured on page 338 of ‘World-Class Corkscrews” by Donald A. Bull, Joseph C Paradi and Bertrand B. Giulian. Perfect square wire helical worm. (Provenance: Bert Giulian Collection 2024).