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The Flint corkscrews could be a hot contender for the most copy in the smallest
space. The example on the left has
“
Patent Applied For, Reg
‟
d No. 708279 / Otis,
Made in Sheffield, England
”
(1924 Registration).
The example on the right has
“
A. W. Flint & Co., Made in Sheffield, Eng., British
Patent No. 227628, Patent also France, Germany, U. S. A.
”
The French patent
number is 587,022 and the German patent number is 888,298.
A third example is marked
“
Prov. Pat.
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