Designer: Carl Auböck III (1924 – 1993)

Item Wine or Champagne Ice Bucket Model 4676

Manufactured by: Werkstätte Carl Auböck

Country of origin: Austria

Year made: Ca. 1970

Materials: Aluminum with stitched leather wrap and handles

Dimensions: 8 ¾” x 13” (from handle ends) and bucket is 8 ¼” in diameter.

Condition: Very good used condition. One leather handle is a little bent sideways as shown in the second photo.

References: 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 Archive (2009).

Description: Here is a much harder to find modernist design for an ice bucket for cooling bottles of wine or champagne. This design came in two sizes, this being the larger and apparently specifically for cooling bottles of wine or champagne. The smaller version seems to be for serving ice for cocktails. This design is very well documented in the archive books and catalogs and despite its apparent popularity these are hard to find and getting expensive. It is unmarked as issued.