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Prohibition enforced a ban on the manufacture, transport and sale of alcohol from 1920 to 1933. Rollin Kirby satirised Prohibitionist supporters by creating ‘Mr Dry’, a sour old man, with a top hat, umbrella and old fashioned overcoat. Kirby went on to win the Pulitzer prize for his work in editorial cartooning. \n\r\nOn this corkscrew 'Mr Dry' is shown with a grimace on his face and gaunt facial features, clasping an umbrella. The worm, which unscrews the cork, is concealed in a slot at the back of the fixture and is operated by turning the head to the right.\r\n","physicalDescription":"In the form of a man dressed in overcoat boots and top hat leaning on an umbrella, with gaunt facial features; set on a flat base. The worm is concealed in a slot at the back of the fixture and is operated by turning the head to the right. 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