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Lemp Corkscrews

If you're going to need a corkscrew to open a bottle of beer, you might as well put your product's name on the corkscrew as a little reminder of whose beer to buy. Corkscrews were popular (and necessary) hand-outs during the era prior to the use of 'crowns' or bottle caps. Below are examples ranging from the very functional to the very clever.

Lemp wire corkscrew; circa 1890.

Lemp corkscrew with rounded ends on wooden handle; circa 1890.

Lemp corkscrew with same writing on both sides; circa 1895.

Wooden corkscrew advertising a Lemp distributor in Toledo, Ohio; circa 1890.

Lemp brass corkscrew; circa 1915.

Lemp corkscrew with tapered ends on wooden handle; circa 1892.

Lemp corkscrew with shield logo on one side; circa 1900.

Unusual Lemp corkscrew, opener, and button hook; circa 1905.