Designer: Carl Auböck II (1900 – 1957)

Item: Have a Heart paperweight Model 5371

Manufactured by: Werkstätte Carl Auböck

Country of origin: Austria

Year made: Ca. 1950s

Materials: Polished brass

Dimensions: 2” x 2 1/8” x 3/8”

Condition: Excellent

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:  An early version of another classic and highly popular Auböck design that is still in production today.  This is a vintage model dating to the 1950s and is marked with the impressed Made in Austria mark as is often seen on some earlier Auböck brass objects.  These came in two sizes of which this is the larger.