A CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN CRESTED AND INITIALED 'BROWN FITZHUGH' SOUP PLATE
A CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN CRESTED AND INITIALED 'BROWN FITZHUGH' SOUP PLATE

CIRCA 1820

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A CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN CRESTED AND INITIALED 'BROWN FITZHUGH' SOUP PLATE
CIRCA 1820
The center with the initials, motto and crest of Gabriel Henry Manigault within the classic border
9 7/8 in. (25 cm.) diameter

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By the late 18th century the Manigaults were a well-established Charleston family -- Peter Manigault (1731-1773) was Speaker of the South Carolina House of Assembly on three occasions and is known to have owned six Chinese porcelain dinner services. The crest and initials on this plate are for Major Gabriel Henry Manigault (1789-1834), who likely acquired this service as a gift from his younger brother Charles Izard Manigault (1795-1874). Charles, a collector of portraits and world traveller who resided in the Far East from 1817 to 1823, owned a nearly identical service with the family coat-of-arms at the center.

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