Anheuser Busch

This is an 1891 American corkscrew, patented by Edwin Walker, with an unusual Anheuser Busch advertising plate.  The penny is there to give an idea of the size.

Arcade

American Michael Redlinger filed a patent for this corkscrew on December 23, 1893.

Beaumont

This is Michael Redlinger's 1895 patent.

Barraud & Lerenard

Marked "BL", this is a French corkscrew from around 1925.

1893 Champion

This American corkscrew was advertised at eighty cents.

Champion

This is an American Art Deco style corkscrew.

Enterprise

Not a starship, but a corkscrew dating from about 1886.

Gilchrist

Made in Chicago, patented in 1888.

Infanta

A petite bar corkscrew from about 1897, patented by American Harry Williams.

Invincible

Made in U.S.A., but advertised in Germany as a Echt amerikanischer Invincible-Entkorker and priced at 15 marks.

JV

An unusual brass fish design.

EAW

Made by Elektrogeräte Erich Weinert, Berlin; the production of this model started in the 1960's.

Lindstrom

The first automatic bar corkscrew to be patented, it was invented in Sweden by P. F. Lindstrom in 1870. 

McMaster

An American patent from 1896.

Meriden

An 1894 advertisement claims this is "One of the best Cork Pulls for Hotels, Cafes and Club use."

Milano

An Italian version of the U.S. Champion.

Phoenix No. 40

Arcade Manufacturing Co. of Freeport, Illinois made a multitude of cast iron objects, including this one.

Phoenix No. 60

"The arrangement of both levers of the No. 60 is most convenient, and as a result a rapid and powerful action is obtained."  So claims an advertisement for this 1903 American corkscrew.

Rapid

A clean-lined American corkscrew patented by Harry J. Williams on April 21, 1891.

Rex

One of many designs patented by Raymond Gilchrist around the turn of the last century.

Rotary Eclipse

A brass English monster, patented by F. Marwood on March 26, 1885.

Samson

Made in Erie, Pennsylvania before 1900, this compact bar corkscrew accommodated an advertising plate that patrons would notice as they stood at the counter.

Shomee

Patented by Albert Baumgarten in 1900, this one was made in his Freeport, Illinois foundry.

Stanpat

A pre-production sample of a British bar corkscrew manufactured by Samuel Mason in about 1894.

Unique

An American design by Edwin Walker, from about 1902.

Victor

An English patent, by Samuel Mason in 1890.  Advertised as "The quickest Machine ever invented, and the easiest."

Walker 1913

An American patent from March 25, 1913,  by Edwin Walker.  This is the only one known to exist.

Walker Automatic

The ad said, "The entire machine is built to be an ornament as well as a useful article."  Edwin Walker's patent dates to 1894.

Walker Improved

This elegant corkscrew dates to 1888, another design by the prolific Edwin Walker.