Antique Guillotine-Style Cutting Tool — Winery Tool with Horn Handle on Wooden Base

A winery tool with the precision of skilled craftsmanship

This tabletop guillotine-style cutting tool, with an iron blade, a riveted horn handle and a solid wood base, comes from a winery in Mataró. Its design — a blade pivoting on an elongated base with a central channel — is typical of the tools used in wine cellars for precise cutting tasks, probably related to cork, bottle capsules, or packaging cord, although we have no exact confirmation of this.

• Material: iron, horn and wood
• Type: tabletop guillotine-style cutting tool
• Origin: winery / wine cellar
• Probable use: precision cutting (cork, bottle capsule or cord), without exact confirmation

Condition

The blade shows surface rust typical of its age, and the horn handle retains small marks of use, all visible in the photographs. The cutting mechanism remains functional.