10013963 August Göhring With the hippopotamus Mathilda

With the hippopotamus Mathilda

A classic among the services: The Porzellan Manufaktur Nymphenburg owes three of its most important designs to the architect Wolfgang von Wersin

The light refracts in the fine grooved relief of the surface and makes the shards appear almost transparent in the play of light and shadow

hand-painted or in pure white porcelain - no two are alike

10013963 August Göhring With the hippopotamus MathildaThe most pioneering design by the Bohemian sculptor Dominikus Auliczek is the PERL service in Louis Seize style, which owes its name to a string of pearls surrounding each individual piece. For the first time in European porcelain history, Auliczek based a service on a 12 sided dodecagon instead of the customary circular shape. Various service items, such as cups and tureens, were also decorated with three dimensional acanthus leaves a typical motif