Elefant Rüssel eingerollt Ei hand-painted or in pure white

hand-painted or in pure white porcelain - no two are alike

We have known that since at least Napoleon Bonaparte

der alle Einzelstücke umrandet

Luise Terletzki-Scherf experimented with bronze

August Göhring and Luise Terletzki-Scherf shaped the unmistakable style of the manufactory

Elefant Rüssel eingerollt Ei hand-painted or in pure whiteThe 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.