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18TH CENTURY LIVING HISTORY IN AUSTRALIA.

Wednesday 27 August 2014

18th Century Bottles and Cork Stoppers.

From the research I have done to date, bottle corks appear to have been straight sided or possibly had a slight taper. Bottle corks were manufactured from the bark of the Cork Oak tree.





Original 1712 bottle corks.

By Chardin.


By Chardin.

Unknown French artist 18th century.


Cork Making By Diderot.

Detail of cork making By Diderot.

Corkscrew Ring with Cover c. 1700 - 1730.

English or American Corkscrew & Pick c. 1725 - 1800(Winterthur)

Folding Flat Bow corkscrew.

English Silver & Iron Corkscrew and Caseby John Harvey of London c. 1750.

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