10012970 glasiert Schmetterlingen und Insekten

Schmetterlingen und Insekten

Even in a quietly crouched position

Its black googly eyes are framed by lids painted in 24-carat fine gold

every shade

Jongerius selected eight designs from the manufactory's historical treasure trove of around seven hundred animal figures and placed them in simple bowls

10012970 glasiert Schmetterlingen und InsektenThe most pioneering design by the Bohemian sculptor Dominikus Auliczek is the PERL service in Louis Seize style, which owes its name to a string of pearls surrounding each individual piece. For the first time in European porcelain history, Auliczek based a service on a 12 sided dodecagon instead of the customary circular shape. Various service items, such as cups and tureens, were also decorated with three dimensional acanthus leaves a typical motif