Hagenauer Fakes & More
  • About
    • Tests for fakes
    • Marks
  • Animal figures
    • Apes
    • Bear, deer and fox
    • birds
    • bull and donkey
    • cats
    • dogs
    • Elephants
    • fish
    • Horses
    • ibex
    • mouse and rabbits
    • Republican elephants
  • Human Figures
    • Leaners
    • Standers
  • Miscellaneous objects
    • Auböck "inspired"
    • odds & ends
  • About
    • Tests for fakes
    • Marks
  • Animal figures
    • Apes
    • Bear, deer and fox
    • birds
    • bull and donkey
    • cats
    • dogs
    • Elephants
    • fish
    • Horses
    • ibex
    • mouse and rabbits
    • Republican elephants
  • Human Figures
    • Leaners
    • Standers
  • Miscellaneous objects
    • Auböck "inspired"
    • odds & ends
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#1 is marked [
wHw HAGENAUER WIEN]. 
This is copy, cast in white metal, of the Rohac elephant model #710. 
It fails the mark, material and worm test.

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Elephant #2 is a copy with a very crude [
RR MADE IN AUSTRIA] mark and a very crude worm. 
It fails the weight, worm and mark test.

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Elephant #3 is a copy of Rohac's design, marked [
wHw HAGENAUER WIEN]. 
It fails the finish and mark test.

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Elephant #4 is a real Rohac #485 pretzel holder

 with a worm replacing the pretzel holder rod,
 marked [RR MADE IN AUSTRIA].
  Never designed to be a corkscrew, it fails the usability test.

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Elephant #5 is a copy of a Rohac model #402 figurine with a worm added, marked [wHw HAGENAUER WIEN]. 
It fails the finish and mark test.

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The double elephant #6 is a copy of a Hagenauer corkscrew, marked [
wHw].

  It fails the finish and weight test.

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Elephant #7 is a real Rohac figurine #153,

with a very crude worm added. 

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#8 is a real candle holder marked [
BALLER AUSTRIA].
 It has been re-purposed by adding a wire worm.
 Besides never existing, it fails the worm test.

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Elephant #9 is a copy of a Hagenauer cap lifter marked [wHw]. 
The hinged worm has been added. 
Besides never existing, it fails the finish test. 


#10 is another copy with the added worm pointing up, rather than down. 
Cast in white metal, it is marked [ATELIER HAGENAUER].  
It also fails the material test.

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Elephant #11 started life as a figurine cast in tin.

 The front of the foot has been cut off and a completely atypical worm added.
 It has had [800] and guaranteed fake [BALLER] marks added.
 It fails the mark, material and worm test.

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Elephant #12 started life as a little figurine. 

Again, the front of the foot has been cut off and a fake [BALLER] mark and a wire worm added. 
Besides the modification, it fails the worm test. 
Note the shape of the front foot on the real elephant corkscrew on the right.

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