In 1763 Frederick the Great took over porcelain works from a Berlin businessman. The Prussian King gave the works their current name, KPM: Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur, or Royal Porcelain Manufacturing. He also gave the porcelain its royal insignia - the royal blue sceptre and orb.

To this day, Berlin porcelain is still shaped and painted by hand in the traditional style, with passion and high-quality craftsmanship.

At the beginning of the last century the Deutsche Werkbund and the Bauhaus movement demanded a “New Functionalism”. Urbino, a service created in 1931 for KPM by Trude Petri, is an excellent example of this creative approach. Based on a fundamental spherical shape, Urbino is the epitome of clarity and elegance. Its perfection of form makes it a captivating classic in “white gold”.

Urbino, a prime example of timeless porcelain design, is on display in the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) and in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

*In this pattern a series of fun, colourful circles is added to the plain white Urbino porcelain pieces (pictured). Please note that there are currently no available images of each Urbino piece in this “Colour” design. If you have any questions please contact the Wunsch Boutique team at: info@wunschboutique.de.