Designer: Carl Auböck II (1900 – 1957)

Item: Triangle Ashtray Model 3814 with Tamper Model 3738

Manufactured by: Werkstätte Carl Auböck

Country of origin: Austria

Year made: Circa 1950s

Materials: Patinated brass

Dimensions: Ashtray 3 ¾” x 3 ½” x ¾” and tamper 1 ½” x 1 ½” x 1” 

Condition: Very good to excellent

References: Wright Auction Catalog; The Workshop: Carl Auböck Designs 1930-1980 (2016); 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: The design drawing for this ashtray can be found in the Archives and dates to between 1947 and 1950. These ashtrays came in two sizes, this being the smaller. The ashtray and tamper were sold separately by the Werkstätte, but we have joined them here for an appropriate marriage, because that was how they were used. Vintage tampers are themselves hard to find.