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Pot Metal Animals

Corkscrew collector Andres Breitenmoser lives in Appenzell, Switzerland, a small

Eastern Village (population 5,000) about a two hour train ride from Zürich. Andres has

amassed a rather large collection of corkscrews including numerous figural types. In his

collection are about thirty

pot metal animal

corkscrews. He has

several cows (or bulls)

which were sold as

souvenirs and have place

names including Utah,

Texas, Nebraska,

California, Mexico, and

Banff tacked on them. He

also has horses, deer,

dogs, donkeys, and a seal.

Each of the pieces has a

folding worm at the tail

and a crown cap lifter at

the other end.