An all-steel James Heeley & Sons double lever corkscrew with the original copper bronze wash. This example marked “JAMES HEELEY & SONS 6006 PATENT DOUBLE LEVER” on the handle and ‘A 1 PATENT’ on the arms. Neville Smith Heeley trading as James Heeley and Sons of Graham Street, Birmingham was granted a patent No. 6,006 on the 23rd of April 1888 for this design.

An all-steel James Heeley & Sons double lever corkscrew with the original copper bronze wash. This example marked “JAMES HEELEY & SONS 6006 PATENT DOUBLE LEVER” on the handle and ‘A 1 PATENT’ on the arms. Neville Smith Heeley trading as James Heeley and Sons of Graham Street, Birmingham was granted a patent No. 6,006 on the 23rd of April 1888 for this design. This example with an advert for “BUSS & SONS MANCHESTER” on the handle. Perfect helical worm. Circa 1890.