Bernard Watney Medal
Dr. Bernard Watney was one of the two founders on the International Correspondence of Corkscrew Addicts, known widely as the ICCA. He also co-authored with Dr. Homer Babbidge the first substantial book on corkscrews in 1981. This first book, entitled Corkscrews for Collectors became the bible for serious collectors for years to come. After Dr. Watney’s untimely passing, his widow, Ms. Mavis Watney had agreed to have a wonderful medal to be struck in the memory of her late husband to be awarded to anyone who had made a significant contribution to corkscrew literature or other such endeavour that would promote the knowledge and information on corkscrews – she also funded the medal.
There is a committee of the ICCA whose Honorary Chairperson is Ms. Mavis Watney and the other members come from the ICCA appointed by the Right from among the active Past Rights. Nominations may be made by anybody from any of the corkscrew clubs or even if one does not belong to one. The nomination is to be in writing addressed to the Right at the time (see the ICCA Webpage here). Any one person can only receive one medal no matter how many contributions they might have made in the past or the future, but all such contributions are listed below. All decisions of the Committee are final.
The Criteria for selecting an award winner are as follows:
Books – Books dedicated to corkscrews or where the corkscrew is prominent but not the whole subject – the book must be in print
Papers – Papers dedicated to corkscrews which expand the corkscrew knowledge base must be available in print
Articles – Generally articles that appear in newsletters or published in magazines or on websites would not be eligible unless available as stand-alone documents
Websites – Websites which have significant content of historical or informational value to the Corkscrew World
Museums – Museums must be open to the public, corkscrews on display must be shown with information about them and ther must be a reasonable variety of corkscrews
Other – The committee will consider all nominations for the Bernard Watney Award for outstanding contributions to the World of Corkscrews including but not limited to organization of meetings, exhibitions, presentations, inventions, and extraordinary accomplishments
The list below exists on both Don Bull’s website www.bullworks.net and this website. Annual updates are made as the medals are awarded.
The first awards were presented in at the 2009 meeting in London, England on Sunday, August 23 by Ms. Watney herself, the years of the awards are shown in the right column.
Here is the list of Medal recipients and what they accomplished to earn their medals – individual’s name is shown once and the rows below represent their other accomplishments – first one is when the medal was awarded, only one medal per person. The * signifies co-athorship.
Name | Item or reason for award | Type | Published | Year of first Award |
Andrew, Fred* | The Incomplete, Complete Book of Barscrews | Book | 1995 | 2011 |
Annoni, Paolo | Museo del Cavatappi, Italy | Museum | 2010 | |
Babbidge, Homer* | Corkscrew for Collectors | Book | 1981 | 2009 |
Bandy, Jack | Bottle Scrue Times Editor | Newsletter | 2000-2012 | 2011 |
* | The Incomplete, Complete Book of Barscrews | Book | 1995 | 2011 |
Berndt, Reinhold | Federzungen | Book | 2002 | 2009 |
Korkenzieher in Thüringer Handelskatalogen | Book | 2009 | 2009 | |
Der Krätzer (Verein Korkenzieherfreunde) | Newsletter | 2011 | ||
Berntson, Buster* | Scandinavian Corkscrews | Book | 1994 | 2009 |
Bertazzo, Ottilia Munaretti | L’Art dei Cavatappi | Book | 2005 | 2009 |
Bidault, Gérard | Les Brevets de Tire-Bouchons Français 1847-1968 | Book | 2005 | 2009 |
Les Fabriques Français de Tire-Bouchon 1820 – 1970 | Book | 2000 | 2009 | |
Les Tire-Bouchons Français | Book | 2005 | 2009 | |
Bull, Donald | A Price Guide to Beer Advertising Openers and Corkscrews | Book | 1981 | 2009 |
* | Anri Woodcarvings | Book | 2001 | 2009 |
Beer Advertising Openers – A Pictorial Guide | Book | 1978 | 2009 | |
Beer Advertising: Knives, Letter Openers, etc. | Book | 2000 | 2009 | |
Boxes Full of Corkscrews | Book | 2001 | 2009 | |
Bull’s Pocket Guide to Corkscrews | Book | 1999 | 2009 | |
* | Champagne Collectibles | Book | 2011 | 2009 |
Cork Ejectors | Book | 2004 | 2009 | |
Corkscrew Ephemera Volume 1, 2, 3 & 4 | e-Books | 2010 | 2009 | |
Corkscrew Patents of Japan | Book | 2004 | 2009 | |
Corkscrew Stories Volume 1 & 2 | Books | 2004 | 2009 | |
Corkscrew Stories Volume 3 & 4 | eBooks | 2010 | 2009 | |
Figural Corkscrews | Book | 2009 | 2009 | |
* | Just for Openers | Book | 1999 | 2009 |
* | Soda Advertising Openers | Book | 2000 | 2009 |
The Incompolete Chicago Corkscrew Story | eBook | 2012 | 2009 | |
The Kirby Corkscrew | Paper | 1988 | 2009 | |
The Perfect Extractor | Book | 2005 | 2009 | |
The Ultimate Corkscrew Book | Book | 1999 | 2009 | |
The Virtual Corkscrew Museum | Website | 2009 | ||
World’s Fair & Exhibition Corkscrews and Openers | eBook | 2010 | 2009 | |
Butler, Robin | Great British Wine Accessories | Book | 2010 | 2009 |
The Book on Wine Antiques | Book | 1986 | 2009 | |
Coldicott, Peter | A Guide to Collecting Corkscrews | Book | 1994 | 2009 |
Cornell, John | Brass Figural Handle Toasting Forks and Corkscrews | Book | 2007 | 2010 |
Danziger, Herb | Corkscrews of the Syracuse Ornamental Company | Article | 1983 | 2011 |
De Sanctis, Paolo* | I Cavatappi | Book | 1988 | 2009 |
* | Le Collezioni Cavatappi | Book | 1993 | 2009 |
* | The Corkscrew a Thing of Beauty | Book | 1990 | 2009 |
D’Errico, Nicholas | American Corkscrew Patents 1921-1992 | Book | 1993 | 2009 |
Diener, Brother Timothy | The Curious World of Corkscrews | Article | 2011 | |
Desor, Jean-Louis | Florileges de Tire-Bouchons les figuratifs | Book | 2009 | 2010 |
Dippel, Horst | Korkenzieher | Book | 1988 | 2009 |
Doornkaat, Heinz ten | Deutsche Korkenzieher Patente | Book | 1991 | 2009 |
Ekman, Per* | Scandinavian Corkscrew Patents | Book | 2004 | 2009 |
* | Scandinavian Corkscrews | Book | 1994 | 2009 |
Ellis, Barbara* | Corkscrews | Book | 2009 | 2009 |
* | Corkscrews: British Registered Designs | Book | 2007 | 2009 |
Ellis, Frank | Bottle Scrue Times Editor 1999-2000 | Newsletter | 2000 | 2011 |
* | Corkscrews | Book | 2009 | 2009 |
* | Corkscrews: British Registered Designs | Book | 2007 | 2009 |
Fantoni, Maurizio* | I Cavatappi | Book | 1988 | 2009 |
* | Le Collezioni Cavatappi | Book | 1993 | 2009 |
* | The Corkscrew a Thing of Beauty | Book | 1990 | 2009 |
Gerovassiliou, Evangelos | Domaine Gerovassiliou | Museum | 2011 | |
Giulian, Bertrand | Corkscrews of the Eighteenth Century | Book | 1995 | 2009 |
* | History of Pocket Corkscrews and Pocketknives | Book | 2006 | 2009 |
Handel, Wolfgang | Korkenzieher Patente | Book | 1991 | 2009 |
Heckmann, Manfred | Korkenzieher | Book | 1979 | 2009 |
Hoefer, Peter | Österreichische Korkenzieherpatente 1882-1980 | Book | 2009 | |
Hohn, Heinz | Dreko Drehteile und Korkenzieher | Book | 2000 | 2009 |
Hunter, Ian | Adwlaide Corkscrews | Paper | 2011 | 2012 |
Hutchinson, Francis | British Corkscrew Patents | Book | 1983 | 2009 |
Kincaid, Fred | ICCA Corkscrew Auctions on the Web | Website | 2010 | |
Køhler, Anne-Lise | French Corkscrew Patents Found in Denmark | Book | 2003 | 2009 |
* | Scandinavian Corkscrew Patents | Book | 2004 | 2009 |
Lapierre, Jacques* | Les Tire-Bouchons Extensibles | Book | 2010 | 2010 |
Leigh, James Ron | Corkscrews: Some Hisotry, Some Technology | Book | 2007 | 2009 |
MacLean, Ron | Canadian Corkscrew Patents | Book | 1985 | 2009 |
Eclectic Corkscrew Patents 1931-1988 | Paper | 1996 | 2009 | |
The Common Corkscrew / Diverse Executions | Paper | 1988 | 2009 | |
The Common Corkscrew II | Paper | 1989 | 2009 | |
The Common Corkscrew III | Paper | 1990 | 2009 | |
The Common Corkscrew IV | Paper | 1991 | 2009 | |
The Common Corkscrew V | Paper | 1994 | 2009 | |
The Willimason Story | Paper | 1994 | 2009 | |
* | William Rockwell Clough, 2004 | Book | 2004 | 2009 |
Meadows, Wayne | Compendium of Bar Corkscrews | Book | 2001 | 2009 |
Minzenmayer, Don | The Screwpull Corkscrew | Paper | 1993 | 2010 |
Warm Wood Cold Steel | Paper | 1986 | 2010 | |
Morris, John* | United States Patents: The Little Things that Make a Difference | Paper | 2010 | 2011 |
Morris, Martha* | United States Patents: The Little Things that Make a Difference | Paper | 2010 | 2011 |
Nugent, Robert | Knives With Corkscrews | Paper | 1987 | 2009 |
* | William Rockwell Clough | Book | 2004 | 2009 |
O’Leary, Fred | Corkscrews: 1000 Patented Ways to Open a Bottle | Book | 1996 | 2009 |
Olive, Guy | Tire Bouchons Français Brevets 1828-1974 | Book | 1995 | 2009 |
Paradi, Joe | The website: corkscrewnet.com | Website | 1992 | 2009 |
* | Champagne Collectibles | Book | 2011 | 2009 |
French Corkscrew Patents | Book | 1988 | 2009 | |
Hungarian Corkscrew Patents & Registered Designs | Book | 2007 | 2009 | |
Bottle Scrue Times Editor 1990-1998 | Newsletter | 1998 | 2011 | |
Paradi, Monika | Cookbook for Corkscrew Collectors | Book | 1991 | 2009 |
Cookbook for Corkscrew Collectors Volume II | Book | 2010 | 2009 | |
Perry, Evan | Corkscrews and Bottle Openers | Book | 1980 | 2009 |
Peters, Ferd | German Corkscrew Patents and Registrations | Book | 1997 | 2009 |
German Corkscrew Patents, D.R.P. 1877-2000 | Book | 2002 | 2009 | |
German Corkscrew Registrations, D.R.G.M. 1891-2000 | Book | 2002 | 2009 | |
Mechanical Corkscrews, Their Evolution, actions, and patents | Book | 1999 | 2009 | |
German Corkscrews Protected by Law | Book | 2011 | 2009 | |
* | History of Pocket Corkscrews and Pocketknives | Book | 2006 | 2009 |
Contemporary Corkscrews | Book | 2011 | 2009 | |
Pumpenmeier, Klaus | Deutscher Gebrauchmusterschutz for Korkenzieher | Book | 1997 | 2009 |
Rains, Philly* | Anri Woodcarvings | Book | 2001 | 2009 |
Roe, Lehr | Edward P. Haff | Paper | 2011 | |
Roger, Robert | A Guide to Gimlets | Book | 2003 | 2009 |
Patented Ice Reducing Tools | Book | 2007 | 2009 | |
Rousset-Rouard, Yves | Musée du Tire-Bouchon | Museum | 2010 | |
Sharp, Michael* | The Incomplete, Complete Book of Barscrews | Book | 1995 | 2011 |
Shaub, Paul | Guide to American Corkscrew Patents, V. 1 & 2 | Book | 1978 | 2009 |
Solheim, Helgir | Corkscrews in Norway | Paper | 1990 | 2009 |
* | Scandinavian Corkscrew Patents | Book | 2004 | 2009 |
Stanley, John* | Just for Openers | Book | 1999 | 2009 |
* | Soda Advertising Openers | Book | 2000 | 2009 |
Taylor, Barry | ICCA Corkscrew Auctions on the Web | Website | 2010 | |
Türler, Hajo | Swiss Corkscrew Patents | Book | 2002 | 2009 |
* | Les Tire-Bouchons Extensibles | Book | 2010 | 2009 |
Vivanco, Rafael | Bodegas Dinastia Vivanco | Museum | 2011 | |
Walkling, Gillian | The Book on Wine Antiques | Book | 1986 | 2010 |
Wallis, Fretcher | British Corkscrew Patents from 1795 | Book | 1997 | 2009 |
Watney, Bernard | The History of Stoppers and Corkscrews | Article | 1985 | 2009 |
* | Corkscrews for Collectors | Book | 1981 | 2009 |
Young, Joe | Arcade Manufacturing Co., Freeport, Illinois | Paper | 1986 | 2010 |
Does the Van Gieson Corkscrew Exist | Paper | 1994 | 2010 | |
Have You Looked at Your Roundlets Lately | Paper | 1985 | 2010 | |
Just Who Was M.L. Byrn? | Paper | 2010 | ||
*Co-Author |
Remember: This list will be updated each year as new awards are made. A similar list can also be found on Don Bull’s website www.bulwworks.net.