Collectibles: A rare cast iron and brass wine bottle corker, French late 19th/early 20th century with makers stamp 115cm high 60cm wide, A very well preserved antique corker originally manufactured in Paris. Its large size is quite unusual. The large original wooden handle provided the leverage to easily plunge corks into the bottle. One by one, a bottle is placed on the iron platform and the lever cracks down to plunge the cork into the bottle. Any spilt wine was collected in the basin underneath. It is marker LA MEILLEURE on its vertical support, which means ‘the best’, and ECHAUDER LES BOUCHONS, ‘fire to corks’, around its bowl. Although using cork wood to cork wine was in use since the 1600 (started by Dom Perignon) it wasn’t until the last quarter of the 19th century that the wine bottling industry really expanded. Production boomed between 1890-1917, the industrial workforce more than doubled and by 1930 it has increased five-fold, to a total of 10,000 workers. This particular wine corker was most likely made and used in a winery in France during this period. Mechanically advanced yet endearingly rustic, this corker perfectly embodies the time - honoured traditions of French wine-making.
Collectibles: A rare cast iron and brass wine bottle corker, French late 19th/early 20th century with makers stamp 115cm high 60cm wide, A very well preserved antique corker originally manufactured in Paris. Its large size is quite unusual. The large original wooden handle provided the leverage to easily plunge corks into the bottle. One by one, a bottle is placed on the iron platform and the lever cracks down to plunge the cork into the bottle. Any spilt wine was collected in the basin underneath. It is marker LA MEILLEURE on its vertical support, which means ‘the best’, and ECHAUDER LES BOUCHONS, ‘fire to corks’, around its bowl. Although using cork wood to cork wine was in use since the 1600 (started by Dom Perignon) it wasn’t until the last quarter of the 19th century that the wine bottling industry really expanded. Production boomed between 1890-1917, the industrial workforce more than doubled and by 1930 it has increased five-fold, to a total of 10,000 workers. This particular wine corker was most likely made and used in a winery in France during this period. Mechanically advanced yet endearingly rustic, this corker perfectly embodies the time - honoured traditions of French wine-making.
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