shells and snails

Dabei ist dieses Porzellan

This captures the poetry of the natural model after which they are formed

Ludwig Michael von Schwanthaler

in plain white or with a fine stitch like decor in black

10013734 bird shells and snailsThe 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