[PRINCE MIKHAIL VORONTSOV (1782-1856)] PORCELAIN PLATE WITH ATTRIBUTES OF THE ARTS FROM THE SERVICE OF MIKHAIL VORONTSOV Dagoty Manufactory, France, 1814 -1818
Lotto 204
5 0005 500
porcelain, underglaze decoration, gilding
D. 22 cm
Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov, a Russian prince and field marshal, distinguished himself during the Napoleonic Wars and by leading the Russian conquest of the Caucasus from 1844 to 1853. The service was commissioned by Vorontsov After Paris was occupied by Allied troops. Two vases from this service are kept in the Vorontsov Palace in Alupka.