Designer: Carl Auböck II (1900 – 1957)

Item: Pair of stainless coin bowls

Manufactured by: Rostfrei AS

Country of origin: Austria

Year made: Ca. 1960s

Materials: Stainless and brass

Dimensions: 5 1/4" in diameter and 1 3/4" high

Condition: Very good with minor light surface scratches. 

References: 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 – 1975, Carl Auböck Archive (2005); Auböck, Carl IV, die arbeiten der Werkstätte carl auböck – fotografiert von 1948 – 2005, Carl Auböck Archive (2009).

Description: Here are a pair of stainless bowls with coin bottom inserts.  The coins were produced to celebrate the 1836 coronation of Empress Maria Anna Augusta and Emperor Ferdinand Augusta of Bohemia.  These bowls were mass produced and we have seen them in varying sizes and produced in Italy, Germany and Austria.  The design is a well documented Auböck design for a small brass bowl with a brass commemorative coin inserted for the bottom.