A historic décor icon meets contemporary design. For the first time, a new collection is bringing the world-famous “Onion Pattern” onto a new form: “N°41.” The collection is available as a multi-piece service: breakfast, dinner and dessert plates, cup and saucer, and a small bowl. The cobalt-blue “Onion Pattern” was created in 1731, in the early years of the Meissen manufactory. Like all porcelain forms and decorations of the era, when porcelain production was just beginning in Europe, the “Onion Pattern” was inspired by Chinese porcelain, which at that time was predominantly blue. The manufactory successfully developed its own underglaze blue in 1722, just a few years after its founding. With the “Onion Pattern,” this cobalt blue had its first opportunity to unveil its singular aesthetic effect against the canvas of pure white porcelain. The stylized onion-like motifs arose solely out of a lack of motifs in the original pattern. In fact, the painting on the plate rim also depicts a peach and a melon, while a stick of bamboo and delicate chrysanthemum blossoms unfold across the centre. The pattern finds its permanent place on the reservedly playful and almost modest for its time “New Cutout” form, reminiscent of delicate flower petals with a wavy-lipped rim and forked acanthus leaf handle. In the new collection these are countered by the clear lines of the contemporary “N°41” form, on which the classic décor pattern can reveal a new radiance.