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Colombo

In the story on Bugs Bunny we saw the same design structure as the Italian

corkscrews produced under Aldo Colombo

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s United States Design Patent

Number 274,974 for his Corkscrew design issued August 7, 1984. The patent

drawing is Pierre the Sommelier which was offered in silver-plate by Landes

Marketing Corporation of New York City.

Although they are not shown in the patent drawing, Pierre has some friends

based on the Colombo design:

Arnold, Bacchus, the Wine Taster, and William Young

Arnold has been found in box labeled

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Made in China for Davco Silver Ltd.

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