Vintage Corkscrew on Plaited Leather Necklace Antique A rescued plastic starfish strung

A rescued plastic starfish strung to a lovely necklace of coral chips and vintage beads

Mrs Mouse wears a pale yellow dress edged in lace and her husband wears a black tailcoat and top hat

This example has a spring-loaded bridge so that they hold firmly onto the nose

I'm pleased with the result but not so pleased with the fact that I have another gazillion eyes left in the packet which I need to make into other things and they are fiddly little things to attach

Vintage Corkscrew on Plaited Leather Necklace Antique A rescued plastic starfish strungI always love a piece that says 'Made in England'. So I snapped this up to created a practical little piece to wear. It has a plaited leather necklace. The history of corkscrews dates back to ancient Greece, where they used a tool called the "triglyph" to extract corks from amphorae (large clay jars used to store wine). However, the modern corkscrew, as we know it today, was invented in the late 18th century.