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Ring turned and incised bone handle set at right angle to an iron screw, with corkscrew at end, screw is hidden by a tubular bronze sheath.
corkscrews
bone (material)
brass (alloy)
bronze (metal)
incising
iron (metal)
Bronze
Brass
Iron
Bone
Incised
CORKSCREW
British royal cypher on side of bronze sheath.
Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
Unknown
England
Gift of Ralph May
1971.943
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