Henshall patent corkscrew
The first patented corkscrew, with a button that stops the screw against the cork.
Samuel Henshall, a clergyman in Oxfordshire, patented a corkscrew in 1795 with a small disc above the worm that stops against the cork. It makes the worm grip the cork without passing straight through.
It was the first patented corkscrew. It became a model for many later ones, and corkscrews have since been designed in hundreds of variants.
Materials: Steel, brass or wood
Manufacture: Patented by the Reverend Samuel Henshall in England in 1795.
The steel worm in a spiral.
The small brass button where the worm meets the handle.
The handle of wood or horn.