Boat-shaped vessels, usually with a long pouring lip at one end and a handle at the other or two pouring lips and a central handle, used for serving sauces, gravies, or the like.
This term has 65 records attributed within our system.
AAT
Object name
3000218762
boat, gravy
boats, gravy
gravy-boats
gravy boats
sauce-boat
sauce-boats
sauce boaot
sauce boats
sauceboat
saucières
14yrs ago
Factory:
Mennecy Porcelain Manufactory
(Perhaps)
Factory:
Bourg-la-Reine Porcelain Manufactory
(Perhaps)
Factory:
Chantilly Porcelain Manufactory
(Probably)
Factory:
Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory
Gilder:
Le Guay, Etienne-Henry
(Uncertain)
Painter:
Bouilliat, Edme-François
Production:
Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de
(After)
Factory:
Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory
Painter:
Vielliard, André-Vincent
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