The fish platter

Konstantin Grcic's collection of shakers

This porcelain has grown far beyond its original purpose as a service

designed by sculptor Theodor Kärner at the young age of 21

also created the decor featuring the Bavarian coat of arms and blue-and-white trimming

10001857 Rokoko The fish platterThe international career of the Nymphenburg animal figures was initiated at the beginning of the 20th century. Artists such as Theodor Krner, Josef Wackerle, August Ghring and Luise Terletzki Scherf shaped the unmistakable style of the manufactory the first giving their figures a lifelike representation while Scherf created animals with an idiosyncratic character and unique colours. Today the Nymphenburg range includes over 700 animal figurines. To be