10019943 Figuren Designing the extraordinary

Designing the extraordinary

Since 2002 it has been produced not only in underglaze painted but also in bisque porcelain

designer Ted Muehling has created a series of vessels

This captures the poetry of the natural model from which they are inspired

Doch erst im feinen Scherben des hausgemachten Nymphenburg Porzellans entwickeln die von ihr entworfenen Plastiken die höchste bildhauerische Qualität

10019943 Figuren Designing the extraordinaryThe youngest elephant in the porcelain shop is Hilde. The 10 cm tall baby elephant is one of the manufactory's most successful models. When August Ghring took up his position as a model maker in Nymphenburg in 1914, he was fascinated by the aura of elephants, which he studied in detail in the Hellabrunn Zoo. Elephants are considered to be wise, strong, and endowed with an extraordinary memory.