A relative of the early French piece in the last blog.

Here is an early French corkscrew offered for sale in the last ICCA auction. It has similar features to the piece in the last blog article. It has a similar but heavier worm, stronger, possibly the reason more examples are found. This piece never reached it's reserve and ended at around £180, another sign of prices falling, surely this piece has a value higher than that it achieved at auction?

The image below shows the handle in more detail. This piece is probably later in date, it's shaft has a little more detail with one simple turning.

I am considering whether to put this example into my collection as it compliments the earlier piece previously discussed but maybe it will come back out for sale at sometime!!