Hi and welcome to our Show and Tell. We are showing off some of our fun items that we collected throughout the years. If you see something of interest and are in the USA please contact us. Then we can possibly list and reserve the item you’re interested in at our Etsy store for purchase. For pickup only items we can list and reserve the item at our Ebay store. We are not selling items through this website, it is for Show and Tell purposes only. Thank You!
ANRI Musical Drink Pourer Cork Bottle Stopper Wood Carved Puppet Face Barware. Seen these called Churchill, WC Fields Puppet Face and more so its whom ever you want it to be. Lamp shade stand not included. Have not tried to pour any liquor out of it, may not work so selling for display purposes. Found some fun reading on Anri at bottom of page from the very cool fabcollectibles.
Didn’t work when I got it so removed the 2 screws and removed works from the head, was dust and dirty from age so couldn’t just add oil. So took a shot and dunked it in mineral spirits and it cleaned right up and then added little clock oil and seems to be working again but may need professional restoration down the road. Wont work unless you keep it wound!
In good old condition with nicks, chips, scratches, scuffs, tight split in hat rim, worn cork, nice Patina and still looks great! Measures 5″ tall counting cork, 2″ wide, 3″ deep. Weight is close to 5 oz. Fun little cork pourer stopper topper. top of cork has plastic rim and measures around 7/8″ diameter and then tappers down smaller. Unusual to find most the cork left!
Guessing made way before 1999’s. Cool little stopper!! Please check pictures for description and condition.
This piece can be found at Etsy.
Alois Riffeser (1872-1912) travelled as a merchant to the major European cities to sell figurines and toys which were bought from different farmers of the Gröden Valley. His son Josef Anton Riffeser (1912-1945) founded the ANRI Company in 1912 which he named using the first two letters of his first and last name.
After World War I, where he was a prisoner of war in a camp in Siberia, he came up with his plan for a woodcarving company. He created his own models which he distributed successfully and mainly in the Alpine region. During the war, the firm was lead by his wife Carolina.
When Anton Adolf Riffeser took over in 1945, he transformed the ANRI company, adopting a more industrial model which allowed for better quality control and distribution to new markets. He was followed by Ernst Riffeser who was able to enlist the services of many well known artists including Juan Ferràndiz, Sarah Kay and others.
