Egg Paperweight Carl Auböck

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.

Specification

Width: 3.5 cm
Height: 3.5 cm
Depth: 6 cm