Cocktail Shaker

Carl Auböck was an Austrian designer and metalworker whose refined brass and bronze objects occupied the space between functional form and sculptural abstraction. Working in postwar Vienna, he created handles, vessels, and architectural hardware distinguished by an almost austere elegance and precise geometric proportion. His practice exemplified the modernist ethos of the Austrian craft tradition, reducing everyday objects to their essential formal logic without ornament or excess.

Vienna, Austria