BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, PERIOD OF ALEXANDER I, 1819-1822

The Mikhailovsky Service was named for Grand Duke Mikhail Pavlovich (1798-1849), the fourth son of Emperor Paul I and Empress Maria Feodorovna, for use at his residence-- the Mikhailovsky Palace in St Petersburg. The dessert plates were painted with copies of works by European artists and carried out by the leading painters at the Imperial Porcelain Factory, such as S.A. Golov, G. Ziuzin and V.F. Meshcheriakov.
For further examples from the Mikhailovsky Service, see N.B. von Wolf (ed. V.V. Znamenov), Imperatorskii farforovyi zavod, 1744-1904, St Petersburg, 2008, pp. 251-253.