Elefant Rüssel eingerollt Löffel An outstanding artistic personality for

An outstanding artistic personality for Nymphenburg in the 20th century was the sculptor Josef Wackerle

ganz in Weiß oder mit einem feinen Zackendekor in Schwarz oder 24karätigem Feingold frei von Hand bemalt

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

For the first time in European porcelain history

Elefant Rüssel eingerollt Löffel An outstanding artistic personality forThe animal repertoire of the Porzellan Manufaktur Nymphenburg alone comprises two dozen elephants. Most of them were designed by the Thuringian sculptor August Ghring. When he took up his position as a modeller in Nymphenburg in 1914, he was fascinated by the aura of elephants, which he studied in great detail at Hellabrunn Zoo. Elephants are considered wise, strong and endowed with an extraordinary memory.