Corks Collection

Champagne Charlie / Music
Cover illustration for the Champagne Charlie Galop by C.H.R. Marriott

Humanised elephant in the role of a bon viveur
A humanised elephant, wearing waistcoat, trousers and tailcoat, cast in the role of a bon viveur, with corks popping out of wine bottles behind him

Greetings card in the shape of two wine bottles. Date: circa 1890s

A Sydney Larrikin. Larrikinism is the name given to the Australian folk tradition of irreverence, mockery of authority and disregard for rigid norms of propriety

Christmas card in the shape of a champagne cork with forgetmenots. Date: circa 1890s

Edwardian Bottles
A selection of bottles with corks, screwtops and stoppers, one of them containing red liquid with preserved fruit or pickes in it. Date: early 1900s (re-enactment)

George Cayleys 1796 helicopter model
Right: George Cayleys 1796 helicopter model: the contra-rotating rotors are feathers stuck in corks, operated by a bow-string

Industry / Cork Cutter
Two french cork cutters cutting bark which is stripped from the cork tree, into a variety of small round cylindrical pieces for stopping bottles. Date: circa 1760

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