Designer: Carl Auböck II (1900 – 1957)

Item: Wine bottle holder model 3601

Manufactured by: Werkstätte Carl Auböck

Country of origin: Austria

Year made: Ca. 1940 from a 1936 design

Materials: Brass and cane

Dimensions: 7 ½” x 8 ½” x 3 ¾” 

Condition: Excellent

References: Kois, Clemens, Carl Auböck: The Workshop, Powerhouse Books (2012); Auböck, Carl IV, die kataloge der werkstätte carl auböck 1925 – 1975, Carl Auböck Archive (2005); Auböck, Carl IV, die arbeiten der Werkstätte carl auböck – fotografiert von 1948 – 2005, Carl Auböck Archive (2009).

Description: Here is another classic early and well documented design by Carl Auböck II for a wine bottle holder and server.  This appears to be an early example based on the patina on the brass and the cane wrapping.  There are several different renditions of wine bottle holders designed by Auböck II, but this seems to be the most prevalent and certainly the most knocked off.  Signed with the correct early impressed “Made in Austria” mark on the base.  The cane is also in excellent condition for its age.  This is pictured in the Kois book with a full page color photograph on page 112.