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Valezina

“

Butterfly corkscrew provides the ideal method to

withdraw a cork without disturbing the sediment; also

as illustrated, but made in hardwood.

”

That was the sales copy in a 1954 catalog from Gaskell

and Chambers Ltd., Birmingham, England,

accompanying a picture of the Valezina corkscrew. The

Valezina was offered at 19 shillings, 3 pence while the

hardwood model was offered at 5 shillings.