heraldic animal plays a role in the history of Nymphenburg in two ways: On the one hand

the ingenious animal sculptor carried out intensive studies of nature before he designed such perfectly modeled figures as Anton the rabbit for the manufactory's master workshops

To be immortalized as an artifact is by no means reserved for specific genres

With his HAUTE COUTURE tea set

10000584 Löwe heraldic animal plays a roleThe international career of the Nymphenburg animal figures was initiated 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 the first giving their figures a lifelike representation while Scherf created animals with an idiosyncratic character and unique colours. Today the Nymphenburg range includes over 700 animal figurines. To be