Beautiful early 19th Century pair of polished steel boot hooks – both fold and are combined with other useful tools. One has an auger and a hole punch, the other has a screw driver and a delicate corkscrew. All tools have fine decorative shafts. Hook with corkscrew is 15 cms long in closed position.
See Giulian – Corkscrews of 18th C – page 98 and Peters & Giulian – Pocket Corkscrews – page 12
Condition – Very good, a few small marks on the polished steel, the auger has lost its end tip, the worm is intact.
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