Presented in 1900 at the Paris World Exhibition and awarded a "Grand Prix"

Adonis was added to the repertoire of the master workshops as a complete dinner service in 1951/56

the fine surface details of flowers

Eine gedeckte Tafel ohne Kerzenlicht

doch gefüllt mit Zweigen oder Blüten bereitet sie die größten Freuden

10020848 Haute Couture Presented in 1900 at thePorzellan Manufaktur Nymphenburg owes one of its most important services of the 20th century to the architect and designer Wolfgang von Wersin. Styled along the lines of the New Objectivity movement , Wersin designed the Adonis form for Nymphenburg, which remains one of the manufactory's most beautiful to this day. The light refracts in the fine grooved relief of the surface and makes the shards appear almost transparent in the play of shadows. The