This Rococo service by Franz Anton Bustelli was created during the early days of the Porzellan Manufaktur Nymphenburg

Then as now

which he carefully studied at Hellabrunn Zoo in Munich

This captures the poetry of the natural model after which they are formed

whose gentle curves are reminiscent of open flowers

10000979 Memento Mori This Rococo service by FranzThe international career of the Nymphenburg animal figures began 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 by giving their figures an idiosyncratic character in addition to a lifelike representation and unique colours. Today the Nymphenburg range includes over 700 animal figurines. To be immortalized as an artifact is by