, ▁a ▁possibly - related ▁word ▁sp elled ▁various ly ▁" pos sen et ", ▁" post net ", ▁or ▁" pos net " ▁is ▁used ▁to ▁mean ▁a ▁small ▁pot ▁or ▁sau ce pan . ▁In ▁ 1 6 th - century ▁and ▁later ▁sources , ▁pos sets ▁are ▁generally ▁made ▁from ▁le mon ▁or ▁other ▁cit rus ▁ju ice , ▁cre am ▁and ▁sugar . ▁E gg s ▁are ▁often ▁added . ▁Some ▁reci pes ▁used ▁bread cr umb s ▁to ▁thick en ▁the ▁be verage . ▁ ▁" Pos set ▁sets " ▁for ▁mixing ▁and ▁serving ▁pos sets ▁were ▁popular ▁g ifts , ▁and ▁valuable ▁ones ▁( o ften ▁made ▁of ▁silver ) ▁were ▁he ir lo oms . ▁ ▁Such ▁sets ▁contained ▁a ▁pos set ▁" pot ", ▁or ▁" bow l ", ▁or ▁" cup " ▁to ▁serve ▁it ▁in , ▁a ▁container ▁for ▁mixing ▁it ▁in , ▁and ▁usually ▁various ▁containers ▁for ▁the ▁ing red ients , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁spo ons . ▁ ▁The ▁pos set ▁set ▁that ▁the ▁Spanish ▁amb assador ▁gave ▁Queen ▁Mary ▁I ▁of ▁England ▁and ▁King ▁Philip ▁II ▁of ▁Spain ▁when ▁they ▁became ▁bet ro th ed ▁in ▁ 1 5 5 4 ▁is ▁believed ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁made ▁by ▁Ben ven uto ▁Cell ini ▁and ▁is ▁of ▁cry stal , ▁gold , ▁pre cious ▁g ems , ▁and ▁en am el . ▁ ▁It ▁is ▁on ▁display ▁at ▁Hat field ▁House ▁in ▁England ▁and ▁consists ▁of ▁a ▁large , ▁stem med