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Pot de Crème

Dateca. 1820

OriginAsia, China, Jingdezhen

MediumHard-paste porcelain

DimensionsOverall: 3 1/2 × 2 7/8 × 3 7/8in. (8.9 × 7.3 × 9.8cm) H (without lid): 2 1/2in. (6.4cm)

Credit LineMuseum Purchase, The Friends of Colonial Williamsburg Collections Fund and Partial Gift of James Boswell and Christopher Caracci

Object number2021-25,A&B

DescriptionPot de crème (custard cup) from the service ordered for Gabriel Henry Manigault of Charleston, South Carolina, and bearing the Manigault crest with the motto “PROSPICERE QUAM ULCISCI” in a garter surrounding the script cypher GHM for the owner.
Label TextFrom one of three bespoke services owned by branches of the Manigault family in Charleston, South Carolina, this custard cup is from the service decorated for Gabriel Henry Manigault and bears his initials. Like the service for his younger brother Charles Izzard Manigault, the Gabriel Henry Manigault service includes the Manigault family crest and is decorated in the brown Fitzhugh pattern. But the Gabriel service incudes the motto "Prospicere quam ulcisci" in a garter encircling the script cypher GHM. The crest on both services was derived from a Manigault family bookplate engraved by artist Samuel Clayton who was sent to Australia from England where he had been convicted of forgery. Most likely both Charles' and Gabriel's services were ordered on Charles' 1817 voyage to China.
InscribedThe motto “PROSPICERE QUAM ULCISCI” in a garter surrounding the script cypher GHM.