Elefant Rüssel aufwärts Bird Sanftmütig und mit leicht gesenktem

Sanftmütig und mit leicht gesenktem Kopf strahlt sie innere Ruhe auf den Betrachter aus: Das Nilpferd Mathilda

Josef Wackerle

For the first time in European porcelain history

der einen langohrigen Schutzpatron zu Hause hat

The detailed structure of the biscuit surface gives the piece additional temperament

Elefant Rüssel aufwärts Bird Sanftmütig und mit leicht gesenktemThe 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.