Cork Press for Pharmacies and Laboratories (Cork Press) Alph - Lot 500

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80 - 100 EUR
Cork Press for Pharmacies and Laboratories (Cork Press) Alph - Lot 500
Cork Press for Pharmacies and Laboratories (Cork Press) Alphonse DOLLFUS, USA, 1898 Cork Press, a machine for pressing corks and capping bottles. U.S. patent issued to Alphonse DOLLFUS Marked PATENTED APRIL 26, 1898, GEM CAPPER & CORK PRESS PATENT 1898. Accommodates 4 sizes of corks Black-painted cast iron with a gold patina, mounted on a wooden base. An iconic model featured in the book *Wine Antiques & Collectibles* by BULL & PARADI. Cork Presses—for 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 pharmacy shops and were intended to impress, both by their weight and by their mechanism or decoration. With a few exceptions, the items being auctioned are illustrated and documented in the masterful work by BULL & PARADI, *Wine Antiques & Collectibles*, an internationally recognized reference.
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