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August Göhring 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

Der Detailreichtum der Figuren kommt in seiner samtig matten Oberfläche mit allen Feinheiten zum Ausdruck

Jahrhunderts startete die internationale Karriere der Nymphenburg Tierfiguren

which after all

10001529 Platte folds and tensionAll lions are the same? Nothing of the sort. Twenty different variants of what is probably the most famous symbol of Bavaria can be found in the current collection of the manufactory alone. The majestic heraldic animal plays a role in the history of Nymphenburg in two ways: On the one hand, it is brings to mind Bavarian culture and the location of the manufacture, on the other hand, the lion also a symbol of the Wittelsbach house and its rule.