• An egg-shaped paperweight designed by Carl Auböck II, made of solid cast brass in Vienna. This piece exemplifies modernist design with its smooth, minimalist form.
  • An egg-shaped paperweight designed by Carl Auböck II, made of solid cast brass in Vienna. This piece exemplifies modernist design with its smooth, minimalist form.

Egg Paperweight #4867
Werkstätte Carl Auböck

£199

Description:

A solid sand cast brass egg paperweight originally designed by Carl Auböck II in 1952. The egg is now being cast, using the same sculptured wooden positive mould, in the same workshop by Carl Auböck IV. This piece was famously one of a number of designs by Auböck II that graced the desk of the German architect Walter Gropius who founded the Bauhaus School.

Specifications:

Height: 3.5 cm
Width: 3.5 cm
Depth: 6 cm
Material: Brass
Design Period: 1952
Date Of Manufacture: Made today
Place of Origin: Austria
Workshop: Werkstätte Carl Auböck