Bottle Blonde

Welcome to the first post for 'Saucy Saturday' - a fairly common piece of 'breweriana', the Brass Nude Bottle Opener.

Nick picked up this licentious lithe lady at a swap meet or fair somewhere for only a few dollars. A-ha! Cheap as well as common. The shame!

You can find your own all over eBay for a few dollars too. There's even a gold-plated version around who plies her trade for around $US30.

As far as we can tell, the original design dates back to the 1920s or '30s though surely it must have been in production for decades, perhaps even still going today.

One might say the old brass holds her age well, though wear or the loss of detail associated with cheap castings on the face of this example has given her a rather ghoulish appearance and she's been retired from active duty since the advent of twist-cap beer bottles.