Vide Poche

The sun is rising! Just in time for spring, the “ KPM Berlin ” is launching the Heritage Édition Maréchal Niel—five products handcrafted at the Tiergarten, all featuring the same design: a delicate yellow rose motif blooms on the KURLAND To-Go cup, the “ Cadre ” vases 0, 1, and 2, and the Vide Poche. The rose, named after the French Marshal Niel, was one of Empress Auguste Victoria’s favorite flowers—her future husband, Prince Wilhelm of Prussia, courted her with this rose. It also appears repeatedly in portraits of the empress. As patroness of the Society of Rose Lovers, Auguste Victoria was a devoted admirer of this genus of flowers. Reason enough for KPM’s master painters to render the rose on porcelain with delicate brushstrokes. The interplay between the rose painting and details in 24-karat polished gold lends the edition a fresh elegance. The Vide Poche Édition Maréchal Niel is available in a limited edition of 75 pieces, each individually numbered.