1940's Carl AUBÖCK II Aubock Brass ASHTRAY 4308 Patinated Tray Vienna Austria

Description

CARL AUBOCK ASHTRAY MODEL 4308
Designer
: Carl Auböck II (1900 – 1957)
Item
: Ashtray Model 4308
Manufactured by
: Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Country of origin
: Austria
Year made
: Ca. 1940s
Materials
: Patinated and polished brass
Dimensions
: 1 ½” x 5 ¼” x 6 ¼”
Weight
: 2lbs, 4 oz
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) page VI/65.
Description
:  This is a very large, heavy and early Auböck ashtray that is well documented in the Auböck Archives. The drawings and photos of this piece are in both books.  The last photo was used by the Wall Street Journal for an article on Carl Aubock pieces as the Ashtray 4308 is one of the most beautiful and iconic pieces. It really has all the hallmarks of a classic Bauhaus modernist design as Auböck II studied there under the master Walter Gropius.  This example is signed we fully guarantee this is an authentic and original Auböck piece created in the Werkstätte Carl Auböck.  When examples of this model do come to market, we see them selling for over ,000 and often they don’t have this beautiful early dark patination.