Junger Elefant Rüssel eingerollt welcome10 One of the most ingenious

One of the most ingenious designs for the manufactory's master workshops is a vase that references the shape of a bird's egg

but no less charming

In the workshops of the Nymphenburg Manufactory

This captures the poetry of the natural model from which they are inspired

at the table

Junger Elefant Rüssel eingerollt welcome10 One of the most ingeniousThe youngest elephant in the porcelain shop is Hilde. The 10 cm tall baby elephant is one of the manufactory's most successful models. When August Ghring took up his position as a model maker in Nymphenburg in 1914, he was fascinated by the aura of elephants, which he studied in detail in the Hellabrunn Zoo. Elephants are considered to be wise, strong, and endowed with an extraordinary memory.