For five generations the design house of Carl Aubock has been turning ordinary objects like paperweights and bookends into extraordinary objects of beauty in an old town house in Vienna. Mixing old world craftsmanship with Bauhaus design materials such as brass, leather, wood and horn are transformed in eccentric, imaginative modern objects.Another elegant twist on an everyday object, Carl Aubock's Nutcracker is sleek and sophisticated in polished brash with a cane-wrapped handle.