Fischplatte | Belle Epoque Mühling Five decor firings are necessary

Five decor firings are necessary to allow the artistic onglaze painting to blossom

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

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The first by giving their figures a lifelike representation while Scherf created animals with an idiosyncratic character and unique colours

a well executed animal sculpture captures the locomotion in its entirety

Fischplatte | Belle Epoque Mühling Five decor firings are necessaryThe painter, architect and sculptor Hermann Gradl designed the BELLE EPOQUE fish service in the first year he worked for the Porzellan Manufaktur Nymphenburg. Presented in 1900 at the Paris World Exhibition and awarded a "Grand Prix", it is one of the most successful examples of Art Nouveau in Munich, to which its name refers. The fish platter, saucire and potato bowl as well as the 16 plates later expanded to a service for 18 people all feature