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What is a turn screw?

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What is a turn screw?
A turn screw is a device used for turning screws. It may be a screwdriver or a wrench that can be used to drive and remove slotted screws. Find a collection of antique and vintage turn screws on 1stDibs.
1stDibs ExpertSeptember 28, 2021
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Set of Four Antique French Wooden Screw Press Nutcrackers
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Rustic group of four 19th century French screw presses, possibly nutcrackers hand crafted in mahogany and walnut in a sculptural form.
Category

Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Mahogany, Walnut

Antique Screw Press, English, Oak, Nutcracker, Bookbinder, Kitchen, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique screw press. An English, oak nutcracker, bookbinding or kitchen press, dating to the Victorian period, circa 1880.
Category

Antique Late 19th Century English Victorian More Dining and Entertaining

Materials

Oak

18th Century Scottish Walnut Linen Press with Screw Mechanism
Located in Memphis, TN
18th century Scottish walnut linen press featuring a striking hand-turned screw mechanism above a graduated chest of drawers.
Category

Antique 18th Century Scottish Georgian Linen Presses

Materials

Wood, Walnut

French collumn black vintage
Located in MILL, NL
French screw / press to be used as column / plinth. Black in colour.
Category

Early 20th Century Pedestals and Columns

Materials

Nutwood

An Outstanding Quality late Regency Treen Table Fruit Press or Lemon Squeezer
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
There is a central screw press mechanism, the fruit being positioned in a barrel-shaped receptacle and the juice squeezed through an applied bone spout.
Category

Antique 19th Century English Regency Serving Pieces

Materials

Fruitwood

Antique Victorian Cast Iron Bookbinding Press Screw Nipping Press
Located in Tyler, TX
EXCELLENT Antique Victorian Cast Iron Book Press~~c. 19th century Beautiful decorative Victorian era green book press nipping press 13" tall x 14" wide x 12" deep ...
Category

Antique Late 19th Century English British Colonial Antiquities

Materials

Iron

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