SERVICE PERSONNEL DU PRINCE VOLKONSKY Lot n° 332

Set of 6 porcelain plates from the personal service of Prince Alexander Nikitich Volkonsky (1811-1878), the marli with polychrome decoration of a frieze of Slavic folk motifs centered on the monogram "AV" in Cyrillic under a Russian princely crown in an oval reserve, the edges contoured with a broad gold fillet decoration Manufacture KPM in Berlin, circa 1850-1870. Mark in blue under glaze and mark with the red stamp. D. 25 cm. History Prince Alexander Nikititch Volkonsky was the nephew of the Decembrist S. G. Volkonsky and served as a private adviser to the Foreign Office in Saxony and from 1860 to 1870 in Spain and Italy. He was a writer but also a collector of paintings and sculptures.