VINTAGE DRINK COCA COLA STAR "X" ORIGINAL WALL MOUNT BOTTLE OPENER

Description

Vintage Coca Cola Wall Mount opener by Brown Mfg. Company and made in Germany.
This is in original box which is worn and some tears due to age. Opener has the 2 original mounting screws and is in perfect condition never used. See pictures for condition.
3.25" H x 2.75" W x 1.25" Depth weighs 3.4 oz
Brown Mfg. Company and it's openers
Back in the days when most beverages were sold in glass bottles, there was a need for a bottle opener that would not crack or break the bottle. So around 1925, Raymond "Coca-Cola" Brown, an owner of several bottling plants, started Brown Manufacturing in Newport News, Virginia. This company used the original patents for a bottle opener that would become internationally renowned for its quality. These bottle openers are still produced today for bottlers, breweries, wholesalers, distributors, retailers and other manufacturers. The STARR "X" bottle opener can be printed with a flat or raised (embossed) or an engraved (debossed) logo for premium, promotional or licensed sales. Over the years, STARR bottle openers have become collectible because of their history, trademark and variety of designs. Brown Manufacturing is currently located in Avondale Estates, Georgia, just to the east of Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Openers are mainly cast by our foundry in Germany with our stainless-steel openers coming from Asia. Molds typically consists of 6 to 27 individual bottle openers. Made of ceramic, these molds are used to make impressions in sand. Molten iron is then poured into the sand mold creating each individual bottle opener. The openers are cooled and broken out from the pattern mold. At this point they are sand-blasted to help remove any rough edges and then zinc or chrome plated. Over the years the openers are known to have been nickel, copper, chrome, zinc and even 24-karat gold plated. If the opener has a colored logo, that is applied next. And then, openers can be individually boxed with two mounting screws. ORIGINAL HOME OF BROWN MFG. CO. Was originally located in the basement but took the building over when the bottling works moved next door.