A rare set of plates from the collection of Grand Duke Mikhail Mikhailovich

A rare set of 6 plates from the collection of Grand Duke Mikhail Mikhailovich, Russian Empire, 19th century. Magnificent plates with the monogram of Grand Duke Mikhail Mikhailovich. Manufactured at M. S. Kuznetsov's enterprise in the village of Verbliki. Russian Empire, 1891-1899. Grand Duke Mikhail Mikhailovich (1861-1929), the second son of Mikhail Nikolaevich and Olga Fedorovna, grandson of Emperor Nicholas I. In 1891, he married Sofia Nikolaevna abroad, the eldest daughter of Prince Nikolaus Wilhelm of Nassau and Countess Natalia von Merenberg (Pushkin's daughter). This marriage was perceived painfully by Emperor Alexander III. He fell out of the emperor's favor, was dismissed from military service, forbidden to return to Russia, and his monogram was depicted without the imperial crown. In 1901, Emperor Nicholas II, by the Highest Decree of August 17, 1901, recognized the marriage as lawful. Mikhail was left with the rights of a private individual, retaining his title, but without the privileges of a member of the imperial house. The M. S. Kuznetsov Association for the Production of Porcelain and Faience Goods was one of the largest enterprises manufacturing porcelain and faience in the Russian Empire in the late 19th - early 20th centuries. It was founded on September 29, 1887, by the Russian entrepreneur and industrialist from the Kuznetsov family, Matvey Sidorovich Kuznetsov, and existed until 1917, when most enterprises were nationalized.