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501 - American ‘THE YANKEE’ cork press for pharmacies and laborato…
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Estimate €80 - €100
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American ‘THE YANKEE’ cork press for pharmacies and laboratories, 1909 Cork press, a machine for pressing corks and capping bottles. US patent granted to Raymond B. GILCHRIST on 28 September 1909 Marked ‘THE YANKEE PATENT PENDING USA’. Cork-pressing machine made of black-painted cast iron, mounted on a wooden base. Accepts 4 sizes of cork. Model featured in the book by BULL & PARADI, *Wine Antiques & Collectibles*. Cork presses – for use in pharmacies or laboratories. These objects were used to compress corks that had been previously scalded, in order to reduce their size and facilitate their insertion into bottles. They were particularly indispensable in chemists’ shops and were designed to impress, both through their weight and their mechanism or decoration. With a few exceptions, the items put up for auction are illustrated and documented in the masterful work by BULL & PARADI, *Wine Antiques & Collectibles*, an internationally recognised reference work.
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Auction time 10/05/2026 at 10:00 AM
Ref. : 0022078 - 160
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