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Let flowers speak

FLORAL DELIGHTS

Autumn anemones peek through picket fences, swaying like delicate ballerinas in the golden evening light. The air is getting cooler and more humid. You can almost smell the end of summer, but it still gives us delicately shaped dahlias, filigree cosmos and colourful snapdragons. They tell of picturesque inspiration, the wide world and love. In this newsletter, we also let flowers speak for themselves.
Artistic still life with white porcelain flowers of various shapes – including a large chrysanthemum and smaller flowers – arranged on purple and yellow paper with dramatic shadows.

NATURAL KALEIDOSCOPE

Those who are out and about in the early hours of the morning, peering over fences into other people's gardens or strolling barefoot across the damp grass on their own terrace, coffee in hand, delight in the multitude of shapes and kaleidoscope of colours that transform flower beds into three-dimensional works of art. You want to bury your nose in the flowers, gently caress the leaves with your fingertips or count them as you play ‘he loves me, he loves me not’. The porcelain table flowers, hand-painted or pure white, look as deceptively real as their natural counterparts. Every delicate detail, such as stamens or pistils, is carefully shaped. While in nature, the sun, location and care determine the appearance, in the factory it is the firing process that determines how the petals fall. After that, chrysanthemums, dahlias or roses simply bring joy – not just for one season, but all year round.

A smiling porcelain potter in white work clothes examines a small white tulip-shaped lantern. In the background, more porcelain pieces and large windows can be seen.

FLORAL: MY FAVOURITE PIECE

In the language of flowers, the tulip symbolises affection. Rita Amato from the turning shop can add even more enthusiasm to this symbolism, because the native Neapolitan has developed the tulip lantern with designer Ted Muehling. Based on his idea, her hands shaped the leaves and created the perfect curve of the base for tea lights. No wonder that the Italian from the series ‘My Favourite Piece’ presents this joint project with the US designer full of passione. ‘I loved flowers even as a young girl. They can be divas, but also robust. They are beautiful and unique. With their delicacy, their scent and their colour nuances, from intense to subtle, they appeal to all the senses.’ Modelling this refined diversity with her hands so that warm candlelight can shine through wafer-thin porcelain – this always gives Rita Amato a deep sense of joy.

Image of Tulip votive
Tulip votive
460,00 €
Elegant Nymphenburg porcelain set consisting of a cup with saucer and a plate, decorated with colourful floral motifs and gold rim, arranged against a deep blue background.

BLOSSOMING

A garden needs dedication and patience, just like porcelain painting. That is why the manufactory's studio is always so quiet that you could hear flowers growing. It can take three weeks to paint a plate from the Cumberland service with roses, carnations, forget-me-nots, tulips, butterflies and beetles. It is the most elaborate decoration in the world and is considered regal not only because of its opulent Rococo design. Designed by Joseph Zächenberger in 1765, the service was commissioned as a gift from the Porcelain Manufactory in 1912 on the occasion of the wedding of Victoria Luise, daughter of the last German emperor, and Prince Ernst August, youngest son of the Duke of Cumberland. But even a single cup makes afternoon tea a feast for the eyes, like a stroll through magnificent flower gardens.

PORZELLAN MANUFAKTUR NYMPHENBURG
NÖRDLICHES SCHLOSSRONDELL 8, 80638 MUNICH, GERMANY

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