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The Valezina corkscrew was produced in Brighton, England by John Bagwell-

Purefoy in a factory in Little Preston Street. The corkscrew was named after his

daughter Valezina who said,

“

He called me after the Silver Washed Fritillary

butterfly female version Valezina. At that time there was only one other person

of that name, the

lepidopterist

Frederick William Frohawk

‟

s daughter, whom he

asked if he could call me after. Since then my niece has the name and possibly

now a few other people as well.

”

Bagwell-Purefoy applied for a British Registration for the corkscrew on February

4, 1949. Registration No. 857,383 was effected on March 24, 1949.

Bagwell-Purefoy

‟

s British Registration record.

He subsequently obtained Canadian Reg. Design No. 112-1764. The drawing for

the design registrations was simple: