GOETHE AND HÖCHSTER PORCELAIN

Johann Wolfgang Goethe was born on August 28, 1749 in Frankfurt am Main, the city that is also home to Höchster Porzellan-Manufaktur, Germany’s second-oldest porcelain manufacturing company. His parents enjoyed a refined lifestyle, and delicate Höchster porcelain was part of the dining culture at the Goethe home. Höchster Porzellan-Manufaktur offers porcelain enthusiasts and collectors a range in its “Goethe Edition” that is as varied as Goethe’s own work. The beautifully shaped coffee cups, suitable as office mugs with the “Colorful Goethe” motif in blue or yellow or with Goethe’s color wheel, are an homage to his years of study and experimentation for the Theory of Colours, which he published in 1810. Plants were also a subject of Goethe’s scientific studies, and they inspired many of his poems. One of the best-known of these is “Ginkgo biloba,” which creates a charming synthesis with the familiar gingko leaf. The coffee cups, with a silhouette portrait in sepia, are also ideal presents, completing the collection with a simple classical style.

STRUWWELPETER

Created by Frankfurt native Dr. Heinrich Hoffmann more than 160 years ago, and considered a classic ever since. Struwwelpeter designs for children young and old.

„MAIN FRANKFURT“

This unusual artist’s edition, with Frankfurt motifs created by Frankfurt photographer Gernot C. Wohl, depicts city views using a very special color technique. The stylistic device of rendering colors unfamiliar helps him make real, everyday architecture look like artificial model worlds. The artist’s edition forms a skillful contrast between the powerful colors and the pure white of the Höchster porcelain.