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Bacchus Spirit of Wine and Joy, has been found in a box labeled

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Copyright

Godinger 1983 Italy.

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It came with a fold out card that tells

―

The Legend of

Bacchus.

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The Wine Taster has been found in a box labeled

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Leonard Silver Mfg. Towle

Company.

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and

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No. 612, copyright 1983 Leonard, Hong Kong.

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The Wine

Taster made a new appearance in a 1999 catalog from Design Toscano as

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Fra

Luigi

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.

Although William Young has been found in brass and silver-plate, his origin is

not known.

In December, 2003 Dallas retailer Neiman-Marcus added yet another corkscrew

to the Colombo series - a double lever Santa Claus Corkscrew. Sales copy used

this promotion:

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Forget the elves - Santa

‘

s doing the work himself with this

Christmas corkscrew, 8

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H., Silver-plated with red and white enamel. Neiman-

Marcus exclusive. Arrives in an NM gift box. $35.00 from Neiman-Marcus.

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