Designer: Carl Auböck III (1924 – 1993)

Item: Bottle opener (Caplifter) Model 4286

Manufactured by: Amboss 

Country of origin: Austria

Year made: 1950s

Materials: Horn and stainless steel

Dimensions: 5” x 1” x ¾” and box is 5 ½” x 1 ¼” x 1”

Condition: Mint with original box.  Box has some aging wear.

Description: Here is a hard to find Auböck bottle opener or cap lifter as it is referenced in the Auböck archives book, with a horn handle and stainless opener.  It is unusual to have retained its original box, making this example even scarcer.  It is marked on one side of the stainless opener “Stainless Made in Austria” and on the other side with “Rostfrei” and the anvil mark for Amboss. The original box also carries the Amboss anvil mark.  The drawing for this design can be found twice in the Auböck catalog raisonne.

References: Auböck, Carl IV, die kataloge der werkstätte carl auböck 1925 – 1975, Carl Auböck Archive (2005), pages D/35 and E/10.