When he took up his position as a modeller in Nymphenburg in 1914

This delicately curved spoon by US designer Ted Muehling shows that a spoon can look completely different

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

the lion also a symbol of the Wittelsbach house and its rule

10001877 Vasen When he took up hisThe animal repertoire of the Porzellan Manufaktur Nymphenburg encompasses 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.