As one of the most important proponents of Munich art nouveau, Adelbert Niemeyer worked as a teacher, painter, architect, industrial and furniture designer or arranger of large-scale Munich city festivals – in other words, in every area of spatial art. From 1905 onwards he also created numerous vases and services for Manufaktur Nymphenburg. One of his best-known pieces, which is produced unchanged to this very day, is this 25-centimetre-high vase with lid. It is decorated with deep bramble-red twigs edged with black berries.