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12| REGISTERED DESIGNS FROM 1840 TO 1883REGISTERED DESIGNS FROM 1840 TO 1883| 13 29 June 1842Registration number 1331B. Walton & Co,Wolverhampton Tap for soda water, medicine etcRegistered designs from 1840 to 18838 October 1840Robert Jones & Son,Registration number 423 was the first registeredprobably have been granted a patent if Jones hadapplied for one. The register for this historiccorkscrew states nothing more than ÒNo 423 Ð acorkscrew design of Robert Jones & Son wasregistered at eleven in the forenoon of 8th Oct 1840Ó.The cleverness of the design lies in the twoworm is positioned correctly before starting toscrew it in. The pitch of the threaded shank has tothe helix will rip out the centre of the cork. This isreplaced. Once the helix is fully inserted, theThe upper part of the brasssleeve is stamped ROBERTJONES & SON MAKERS 105CHEAPSIDE BIRMINGHAMREGISTERED No 423 8TH OCTR1840 and the edge of thebutton has VR with a crown. This is the first registered design for a soda waterbut they are not marked with registration details.The known examples are found in fitted tin platedboxes, 90mm x 54mm x 20mm, with a hinged lid. button and shank give the cork a twist and loosenthe adhesion. Withdrawal is down to brute force Ðthere is no mechanical advantage. Turning thecork which is stuck on the spikes. Apart from thebarrel Thomason (Patent IV, Wallis page 17). Thisdesign is not recorded in ThomasonÕs 1802 patent,modified the design by adding spikes. There is nodoubt that Robert Jones had an affinity for spikes asshown in his subsequent registration.ROBERT JONES & SON BIRMINGHAM REGISTEREDNo 423 8TH OCTR 1840; others are marked ROBERTJONES & SON MAKERS 105 CHEAPSIDEBIRMINGHAM REGISTERED No 423 8TH OCTR 1840 A tap for Soda Water, Medicine &. To apply thetap to a bottle or other vessel containing liquid,we take the auger and bore a hole nearlythrough the cork, we then withdraw the auger,this end foremost into the hole as bored; we .The objectB. Walton & Co. Wolverhampton Office ofRegistry of Designs, Wellington Street North,Strand, London June 29th 1842. I hereby certifythat Design No 1331 of which this is a copy wasregistered this twenty ninth day of June at thehour of eleven in the forenoon for B. Walton &Co. Wolverhampton, Proprietors This Section covers the period of the early registration drawings, the development ofdescriptive text and the first Provisional registrations. During the second half of this period,1867 to 1883, most registered corkscrews bear a diamond mark. It was a device toindicate the date of registration using a code of letters and numbers. The mark indicatedto show buyers that the item was Òworthy of purchaseÓ. REGISTERED DESIGNS FROM 1840 TO 1883| 47 The top of the ring of the corkscrew is clearly stamped with thediamond registration mark for 7 February 1876. When complete, it has7 February 1876Registration number 298209Ornamental Design for Complete Registration (5 years) 46| REGISTERED DESIGNS FROM 1840 TO 1883Wolverson created another popular design with thisThe corkscrew is known in both steel and brassversions and stamped HOLBORN SIGNET plus aregistration diamond. Examples of the morecommon style do not have brushes fitted. However,diamond mark but is not marked HOLBORN SIGNET.and are sometimes marked R. JONES and have22 January 1876Registration number 297805Edwin Wolverson,131 which the knurled ring fits. Thesummoning the carriage. ToThere are similarities betweenProvisional Registration of 26March 1878 Ð see later. PageÕs design is purely for the shape of avarious items as well as a corkscrew. Thisstamped THE UNION with a registration23 June 1876Registration number 301393Joseph Page,St. George's Works, Mott Street, Birmingham This corkscrew of Wolverson was probably namedBirmingham. It was in Aston that Wolverson lived inthe1870s. However the unrelated HOLBORN LEVER(Wallis page 101) was patented by H. A. Goodall ofBartletts Buildings, Holborn Circus, London in 1885similarities to WolversonÕs Tangent Lever (of 1873),especially the oval brass hinge. Perhaps there was abusiness or family link between Goodall and Wolverson. This is not a common corkscrew but a number ofregistered by Vaughan. Vaughan became a wood turnerin the neighbourhood of Cattell Road. The exampleshown is stamped on the wooden handle 15930 R . 74| REGISTERED DESIGNS FROM 1884 TO 1977REGISTERED DESIGNS FROM 1884 TO 1977| 75This most unlikely object was probably never made.The two claws are presumably for grabbingIt was the first of four designs from WalterVaughan. They all featured Codd bottle openers.Two are somewhat fanciful and two are relativelypractical - one was certainly manufactured. The ÒSURPRISEÓ is one of the most commonregistered corkscrew and must have been a greatsuccess for the Willetts company. It is a simple selfin the centre REGISTERED 13185. Most examplesThe number is often poorly defined. In the Bernard Watney auctionof 14 May 1997 Lot number 271REGISTERED 13185. This was anlikely that the Watney one was aThis easer is NOT a registered An example of this design has not been reported to date,but Peters and Giullian (page 255) show knives with19 July 1884Registration number 10035Walter Vaughan, 134, Cattell Road, Small Heath, Birmingham in the County of Warwick17 October 1884Registration number 15271William Staniforth, Pen, Pocket and SportsmanÕs Knife Manufacturing,South Moor Works, Earl Street, SheffieldDesign for the scale or handle for a pocket knife. Registered designs from 1884 to 1977 The 1883 Copyright of Designs Act changed the way in which articles had to bemarked and the classification of designs. From 1884 onwards there was just onesimple numerical sequence, no classifications and no diamond registration marks.There was no descriptive text to go with the diagrams, but information on the lengthof copyright protection was given for later registrations. 18 September 1884Registration number 13185George Willetts, steel toy maker, Corkscrew, the novelty consists in the shape of the 29 October 1884Walter Vaughan, 134, Cattell Road, Sparbrook, BirminghamCorkscrew and soda water and similar bottle opener REGISTERED DESIGNS FROM 1884 TO 1977| 9190| REGISTERED DESIGNS FROM 1884 TO 1977 Black painted wooden handle and casingSteel handle and brown wooden casingSteel handle and black painted wooden casingBrown wooden handle and flaredbrown wooden casingcream celluloid casingBrown wooden handle and brownwooden casing with knop Brown wooden handle with nickel end caps and brown wooden casingcelluloid casingend caps and black wooden casing (cyphered). In W.B. FordhamÕscatalogue of 1895, registered design202169 was described as ÒTheComfortableÓ and sold for 18 shillingsper dozen (£0.90 for 12) (informationfrom Fletcher Wallis). 202169 onthe upper band on the shank.Oneshape as central one in the top row. There are a number of versions of thisvery characteristic corkscrew. The firsttop and bottom. The upper one is 202169. The nickel platedV-shaped edge. The worms always 7 November 1892Registration number 202169Berkeley and Company, Steel toy manufacturer,Henry St., Ashted, BirminghamProtecting tubular casing for the stem of corkscrew. Protectingtubular casing-Partly in elevation and partly in section. Shown in the original photograph as a cast handle. Thewords SHAKESPEAREÕS BIRTHPLACE are crossed out.The corkscrew is named SHAKESPEAREÕS BIRTHPLACE 771568 The bladed worm may not be original.William Shakespeare was born in this house in 1564.It is in the centre of Stratford-on-Avon. Williammuseum and recreates the house of the 1570s and is Shown in the original photograph as a casthandle. The words ANNE HATHAWAYÕS COTTAGEThe corkscrew is named ANNE HATHAWAYÕSCOTTAGE and moderately clearly on the back C&A 771588.The cottage is actually a moderately sizedfarmhouse and was where William ShakespeareÕsmile from the centre of Stratford-on-Avon in whatused to be the village of Shottery.11 March 1932Registration number 771568Crofts & Assinder Limited,Standard Brass Works, Lombard Street, Birmingham 184| BRASS FIGURALS: 4.1 SOUVENIRSBRASS FIGURALS: 4.1 SOUVENIRS| 185 12 March 1932Registration number 771588Crofts & Assinder Limited,Standard Brass Works, Lombard Street, Birmingham Copyright expired 11 March 1937 Copyright expired 12 March 1937 Shown in the original dark and out-of-focusphotograph as a cast handle. The words YARNMARKET DUNSTER are crossed out.The corkscrew is named YARN MARKETDUNSTER and moderately clearly onthe back REG 785211.This eight sided buildingwas erected in 1609 anda small town on the North coastof Somerset in South West England. Shown in the original photograph asThe corkscrew has a hanging holeclearly on the back REG 779768.hanging hole is double sided (ratherabove the worm REG on one side79768 indistinctly on the other.The thistle is the emblem of19 January 1933Registration number 779768Colin Edmonds Pascal (British subject),242, Maryvale Road, Bournville, Birmingham Copyright extended onceto expire 19 January 1938Copyright extended twiceto expire 19 January 1943 25 July 1933Registration number 785211Colin Edmonds Pascal (British Subject),242, Maryvale Road, Bournville, Birmingham 7 July 1938 Copyright extended18 October 1938 In pursuance7th September 1938 the addressBeaks Hill Road, Kings Norton,Copyright expired 25 July 1943 298| HISTORIES OF KEY CORKSCREW DESIGNERSHISTORIES OF KEY CORKSCREW DESIGNERS| 299 1871: Charles Hull, BirminghamDorset farmer. By 1851 at the age of 24, he hadand was living at 101 Henry Street, the address ofthat he was working for Cotterill. Interestingly,the day of the 1851 Census. This recorded visit washimself to be a bright, astute employee. Themanufacture of locks and safes. SlaterÕs 1852-1853of the royal climax detector lockÓ at 105 New Streetand 101 Henry Street. Charles Hull was shown ascorkscrews, nut cracks, boot hooks, steel toys etc101 Henry Street. An 1854 advert confirms this, alsoManufacturer of Patent andPatent Self-adjusting Corkscrew. An extensive StockThe 1855 Birmingham Directory shows that EdwinCotterill had moved away from Henry Street to 30Upper Temple Street. Charles Hull is shown as amanufacturer of the patent corkscrew, champagnenippers, boot and button hooks and all kinds ofsteel toys, (established nearly a Century)Ó at 100Henry Street, Great Brook Street. The claimoriginal Cotterill business. There is tenuouswho was a corkscrew maker in Wolverhampton, andwas listed in SketchleyÕs 1770 Directory.An 1860 directory still shows Hull at Henry Street In the 1861 Census, Charles Hull was listed as aSteel Toy Manufacturer, employing 10 men and 5boys, living at 101 Henry Street with his family, twoservants and an assistant. By 1863 the family hadAlbert Cottage, Washwood Heath.HULLÕS CATALOGUECharles HullÕs trade catalogue, dated at about 1865,(see Bibliography) and shows a very wide range ofof Thomasons and Kings Screws, LundÕs Patent Rackand Lever, corkscrews with buttons and grips, foldingchampagne taps. Two versions of HullÕs PrestoClub from his 1864patent. This suggeststhan 1865. There are noexamples either of the VanGieson or NewtonÕs Ratchet, From ShadlerÕs Birmingham Directory 1854 From Post Office Birmingham Directory 1860 (worth £31.84 in 2006); an Autumnal FruitsThomason was 3 shillings and 6 pence (worth£11.73 in 2006) and a wooden handled Presto was26 shillings per dozen (worth £87.14 for twelve in2006). These corkscrews are highly prized todayPATENT PRESTO CORKSCREWconstruction and novel action of the ÒPrestoCorkscrewÓ. Its superiority will at once be seen andpull the screw A out to its full extent, & then inserteffected, then proceed to draw it. To remove the corkthe cork, which will instantly be released.Ó In February 1864 Charles Hull was granted Patentcorkscrew. He was shown as a manufacturer andelectroplater. The patent also shows that GustavBohm of Offenbach, Germany was also partlyresponsible for the invention. The Royal Club is oneIn the 1871 Census, Charles Hull was shown as amaster steel toy manufacturer, employing 10 men, 6boys and 3 girls, a relatively small manufactorymoved away to a better part of Birmingham, livingcomfortably with his family and three servants. Thehouses from numbers 101 to 105, shown in the1871 Census as ÒMr Hulls Warehouse & Steel ToyManufactoryÓ. The business premises seem ratheralthough his 1865 catalogue shows at least 49 Two pages from the Hull catalogue are shown here. From HullÕs trade catalogue dated about 1865Source: Birmingham Central Library, Local Studies and History.Reference LF 62.65 (72/3387) Marked on the brassshank C. HULLÕS PATENTand on the brass disc onCHAS HULLÕS PATENTPRESTO CORKSCREW(there is no known