Designer: Carl Auböck III (1924 – 1993)

Item: Bar tool party set

Manufactured by: Amboss Neuzeughammer Austria

Country of origin: Austria

Year made: Ca. 1965

Materials: Stainless steel, ebonized wood handles with brass rivets

Dimensions: ¾” x 5 ¾” x 3 ¾” box dimensions.

Condition: Mint and unused in its original box. Box has wear.

Description: Here is a hard-to-find set of bar tools called the “Party Set”. We have seen a couple of other complete sets that used a wooden crate box similar to what Amboss used for its flatware by Auböck and Helmut Adler, but this is the first set we have seen with a cardboard box; likely for export. The cap lifter and the bottle opener are unmarked as issued and the corkscrew is marked “Stainless Austria” in the same manner as other Auböck designed barware, and the other side is marked “Rostfrie Ges. Gesch.” and it also has the Amboss anvil mark. Although this design is not in the Auböck archive books, this a confirmed Auböck design and production. The design, materials, construction and markings are identical to the fondue set they produced in stainless steel during this decade and that can be found in one of the Auböck books.