Nymphenburg "Lotos Collection" Dinner Plate in deep brown, 24K gold rim (Germany) Fish as well as true-to-life knobs

as well as true-to-life knobs modelled in the shape of a lemon

The original design for this rhinoceros was conceived by the court sculptor Peter Anton Verschaffelt back in 1770

but the hands of the master craftsmen and women alone that determine the form and quality of each piece of work

industrial mass production is not an option here

and accessories made entirely by hand in the Nymphenburg master workshops are a testimony to the manufactory’s roots

Nymphenburg "Lotos Collection" Dinner Plate in deep brown, 24K gold rim (Germany) Fish as well as true-to-life knobsPorzellan Manufaktur Nymphenburg owes one of its most important designs to Wolfgang von Wersin, famous for his "new objective" style. The elegant service Lotos was created at the beginning of the 1930s. For Lotos, von Wersin selected a simple basic shape with sweeping bowls and half round upwardly flowing handles, which, with their gentle curves, are evocative of opening blossoms. Because of its liquid and dirt repellent leaves, the lotus blossom