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Registered Design

An English 1925 Registered Design Picnic Corkscrew with a bright nickel plated

brass combination pocket caplifter and wire helix and a nickel plated brass

sheath.

The caplifter head is often marked REGD 717886 REGD CANADA 37-7826

MADE IN ENGLAND.

This corkscrew is an example of English Registration of December 19, 1925 and

the Canadian Industrial Design Registration of December 28, 1927 issued to M.

Myers & Son Ltd., 95 Charlotte Street, Birmingham, England.

A small dimple midway on the snap on sheath positions the caplifter head

midway for pulling.

Story courtesy of Ron MacLean.