10000833 Josef Wackerle We have known that since

We have known that since at least Napoleon Bonaparte

Adonis was added to the repertoire of the master workshops as a complete dinner service in 1951/56

Both Hella Jongerius' tableware Nymphenburger Skizzen and her animal bowl series reflect an elaborate examination of the artistic history of Porzellan Manufaktur Nymphenburg

The little mouse Karl by Wilhelm Neuhäuser has had a very successful career despite only being eight centimetres tall and is a true star among the manufactory's animal figures

With the hippopotamus Mathilda

10000833 Josef Wackerle We have known that sinceThe international career of the Nymphenburg animal figures was initiated at the beginning of the 20th century. Artists such as Theodor Krner, Josef Wackerle, August Ghring and Luise Terletzki Scherf shaped the unmistakable style of the manufactory the first giving their figures a lifelike representation while Scherf created animals with an idiosyncratic character and unique colours. Today the Nymphenburg range includes over 700 animal figurines. To be