Designer: Carl Auböck II (1900 – 1957)

Item: Pistol Grip Bookends Model 3809

Manufactured by: Werkstätte Carl Auböck

Country of origin: Austria

Year made: 1950s

Materials: Brass with leather wrapping

Dimensions:  Each is 4” x 3 ½” x 1 ½”

Description: Here is another iconic Auböck design for bookends.  This well documented model came in different colored leather.  Both are marked with nice early Auböck and Made in Austria impressed marks and one has three little lines which we have seen before on a few other objects, but still don’t know what they reference.

Condition: Very good.  One with small dent in base of brass as shown.  Both with some much smaller dings in the brass, but to be expected for brass objects of this age and usage.  The leather and its stitching are in exceptionally nice condition for their age.

References: Wright Auction Catalog; The Workshop: Carl Auböck Designs 1930-1980 (2016); Kois, Clemens, Carl Auböck: The Workshop, Powerhouse Books (2012); Wright Auction Catalog; The Workshop: Carl Auböck Designs 1930-1980 (2016). Auböck, Carl IV, die kataloge der werkstätte carl auböck (1925 - 2016) – 1975, Carl Auböck Archive (2005); Auböck, Carl IV, die arbeiten der Werkstätte carl auböck – fotografiert von 1948 – 2005, Carl Auböck Archiv (2009).