Silver Gravy or Sauceboats Photos

Richer households used special silver or gold dishes to pour gravy in America called sauce in England.

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Replica boat-shaped saucer found by Schliemann while digging for Troy at Neues Museum. Berlin, Germany.Dragon-handled silver sauceboat from London at Ashmolean Museum. Oxford, England.Silver sauce boats by John Hamilton & by John Laughlin Sr. at National Museum Decorative Arts & History. Dublin, Ireland.Silver sauce boat by Jacob Hurd of Boston, MA at Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago, IL.
Replica boat-shaped saucer (original mid 3rd millennium BCE from treasure of Priam) found by Schliemann while digging for Troy at Neues Museum. Berlin, Germany.Dragon-handled silver sauceboat (1740-50) from London at Ashmolean Museum. Oxford, England.Silver sauce boats (l) (1740) by John Hamilton & (r) (1752) by John Laughlin Sr. at National Museum Decorative Arts & History. Dublin, Ireland.Silver sauce boat (1740-58) by Jacob Hurd of Boston, MA at Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago, IL.
Shell-shaped sauce boats in silver from London & porcelain from London at Gardiner Museum. Toronto, ON.Silver double-lipped sauceboat by Thomas Farren of London at National Museum of Scotland. Edinburgh, Scotland.Silver argyles from England at National Museum of Scotland. Edinburgh, Scotland.Argyle pot designed to keep gravy hot in dining room at Georgian House museum. Edinburgh, Scotland.
Shell-shaped sauce boats in silver (1740) from London & porcelain (1755-8) from London at Gardiner Museum. Toronto, ON.Silver double-lipped sauceboat (1743-4) by Thomas Farren of London at National Museum of Scotland. Edinburgh, Scotland.Silver argyles (hot gravy servers) (late 18thC) from England at National Museum of Scotland. Edinburgh, Scotland.Argyle pot designed to keep gravy hot in dining room at Georgian House museum. Edinburgh, Scotland.
Silver saucepan & lid by William Townsend of Dublin at National Museum Decorative Arts & History. Dublin, Ireland.Pair of silver sauceboats by Paul Revere Jr. of Boston at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Silver gravy argyll by John Carter II from London at Fowler Museum. Los Angeles, CA.Silver sauceboats from Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn's dinner service by John Carter of London at National Museum of Wales. Cardiff, Wales.
Silver saucepan & lid (c1755) by William Townsend of Dublin at National Museum Decorative Arts & History. Dublin, Ireland.Pair of silver sauceboats (c1765) by Paul Revere Jr. of Boston at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Silver gravy argyll (1772-3) by John Carter II from London at Fowler Museum. Los Angeles, CA.Silver sauceboats (1773-4) from Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn's dinner service by John Carter of London at National Museum of Wales. Cardiff, Wales.
Gilded silver sauce dish by Claude-Nicolas Delanoy & platter by Charles-Louis-Auguste Friman at Petit Palace Museum. Paris, France.Silver sauceboats with snake handles by Anthony Rasch of Philadelphia at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Snake handle detail of silver sauceboat by Anthony Rasch of Philadelphia at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Electroplate silver sauce boat by Josef Hoffmann of Wiener Werkstätte & prob. made by Bachmann & Co. of Vienna, Austria at National Museum of Scotland. Edinburgh, Scotland.
Gilded silver sauce dish (1775-6) by Claude-Nicolas Delanoy & platter (1776-7) by Charles-Louis-Auguste Friman at Petit Palace Museum. Paris, France.Silver sauceboats with snake handles (c1815) by Anthony Rasch of Philadelphia at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Snake handle detail of silver sauceboat (c1815) by Anthony Rasch of Philadelphia at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Electroplate silver sauce boat (1906-7) by Josef Hoffmann of Wiener Werkstätte & prob. made by Bachmann & Co. of Vienna, Austria at National Museum of Scotland. Edinburgh, Scotland.
Silver sauce dish by Josef Hoffmann & made by Wiener Werkstätte at Historical Museum of City of Vienna. Vienna, Austria.


Silver sauce dish (1907) by Josef Hoffmann & made by Wiener Werkstätte at Historical Museum of City of Vienna. Vienna, Austria.


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