Designer: Carl Auböck III (1924 – 1993)

Item: T Corkscrew Model 4718

Manufactured by: Werkstätte Carl Auböck

Country of origin: Austria

Year made: 1960s

Materials: Rosewood, brass and stainless steel

Dimensions: 4 ¼” x 3 ¾”” x ½”

Description: A well used and hard to find corkscrew in rosewood.  Signed with the correct impressed Auböck mark on the edge of the handle.

Condition: Good to very good.  Has wear and a few minor dings, as well as one expertly re-glued very small chip of wood that does not distract.  The close up photo of the impressed mark shows pinhole sized holes that are just pores in the wood and are not damage. 

References: 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); Cork screw book WHW