10013461 Hans Behrens such as cups and tureens

such as cups and tureens

Ernst Andreas Rauch

almost childishly naive charm

Jongerius selected eight designs from the manufactory's historical treasure trove of around seven hundred animal figures and placed them in simple bowls

Today the Nymphenburg range includes over 700 animal figurines

10013461 Hans Behrens such as cups and tureensThe 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