10013502 Figuren architect and sculptor Hermann Gradl

architect and sculptor Hermann Gradl designed the BELLE EPOQUE fish service in the first year he worked for the Porzellan Manufaktur Nymphenburg

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

it embodies the Bavarian culture and refers to the location of the manufactory and on the other hand the lion the symbol of the Royal House of Wittelsbach

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

10013502 Figuren architect and sculptor Hermann GradlThe 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