Very nice antique Walker corkscrew produced for the Welch Grape Juice Company, Westfield, New York, in good condition.
Good-quality steel web helix and swivel bell collar. Maple or beechwood T-handle with the following advertising text (repeated on the opposite side): The Welch Grape Juice Company the words ‘grape juice’ in a banner with a floral detail, and underneath: Westfield New York.
Maker’s Marks: Wording on base of handle reads: Walker Patents and DO NOT PULL, TURN CORK OUT.
Date: Late 1800s to early 1900s. Here’s a reference to this very make of corkscrew from The American Druggist & Pharmaceutical Record, Volume XXXIX. July to December 1901 page 372:
Welch's Grape Juice.
The Welch Grape Juice Company have done quite extensive advertising this year and are planning to double it next year. There is a steady demand for Welch's Grape Juice by the bottle the year round; there will be a greater demand this winter. See that you have a good stock of Welch Grape Juice before freezing. Write for special offer to place your order now. If you would like one of our self-pulling corkscrews send 6 cents in stamps or a label from a quart bottle, or two pint labels. Address the Welch Grape Juice Company, Westfleld, N. Y.
(Interesting to read in the next entry, for Cough Mixtures, the recommending of heroin hydrochloride. “one of the most efficient and popular cough sedatives of the present day”! Why have a perfect solution –a good bottle of wine– when you can turn it profitably into two perfect problems –grape juice and heroin!)
Condition: Very good. Wood is in original, un-refinished condition (much of the original shellac is still in place). Some wear to the black lettering as per the photos. Worm is missing the very end of its point. No severe pitting or rust. Handle tight, no looseness. No bends, dings or repairs. A neat old advertising corkscrew from long, long ago.
Size: Corkscrew is 5.75" long and 3.7" across the handle.
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