Rhinozeros Clara bird Each piece in the collection

Each piece in the collection is an artist's original that was created during Ruth Gurvich's numerous stays at the manufactory's studios

The British designer Barnaby Barford is known for provocative and ironic designs

as a free-standing figure it places high demands on the modellers and shapers of the manufactory

the curved shapes find refererence in found objects of marine life: corals

Rhinozeros Clara bird Each piece in the collectionIntricate and delicate. Pure white and sensual. An icebreaker without actually breaking ice. Clara is the icon of the Nymphenburg Manufactory. The rhinoceros, which was modelled by Peter Anton von Verschaffelt in 1770 based on the first specimen of an Indian rhinoceros from Bengal to live in Europe, appears more contemporary now than it did then. Clara is a classical conversation piece. She is the topic of the moment wherever she appears; she