Designer: Carl Auböck III (1924 – 1993)

Item: Brass and leather cork screw Model 4525

Manufactured by: Werkstätte Carl Auböck

Country of origin: Austria

Year made: Circa 1960s

Materials: Brass, leather and steel

Dimensions: 4 ½” x 4 ¾” x 5/8”

Condition: Excellent.  Leather appears almost new and this corkscrew looks like it sat in a drawer away from light and air and rarely, if ever used. 

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).

Description: Here is a leather handled Auböck designed corkscrew in excellent like-new condition.  The leather appears new, but the patina on the brass appears consistent with the leather.   The brass bears what we believe may be an INCORRECT impressed Auböck signature mark on one end.