CORKSCREW C.JONES PANTECHNETHECA C.1830 BIRMINGHAM

RARE ENGLISH CORKSCREW

C.JONES

PANTECHNETHECA .C.1830

BIRMINGHAM

a rack & pinion could be seen on Word-Class Corkscrews page 283

C.Jones is withdraw just possible to see if you take care.

Bronze barrel and gilded badge showing 

children in the vineyard gathering grapes.

PANTECHNETHECA was a Repository for the Arts opened in 1823 and operated in Birmingham by Charles Jones. it was a Greek revival building with the ground floor a Grecian Doric colonnade..with sculpted figures and urns.

The premises contained three showrooms displaying and selling a wide selection of manufactures and art, the articles being the best of Birmingham's wares. the store supplied a great many articles, including Sheffield plate, bronzers, cutlery, and china. It was also an art gallery selling ancient and modern masters.

In the late 1830s, Charles Jones went bankrupt and the property was sold.

In very good condition, just brush missing.

Size : 19,5 x 9,5 cm

Shipping cost to : USA, CANADA, ASIA, rest of World : 27 EUROS

Shipping cost to Europe : 14 EUROS

Shipping cost to France : 8 EUROS

Good condition