| LC control no. | sh2006004347 |
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| Topical heading | Sauceboats |
| Variant(s) | Gravy boats Sauce-boats |
| See also | Tableware |
| Found in | Work cat.: Sauceboat, via the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute museum objects digital image collection, Sept. 9, 2005. AAT online, June 7, 2006 (Sauceboats. 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) Savage, G. Illustrated dictionary of ceramics, 1989 (Sauce-boat. A boat-shaped vessel, usually with a handle at one end and a pouring lip at the other, for serving sauce or gravy. The vessel usually rests on a spreading base or on short legs, and often has a cover. Some have a lip at both ends and two side-handles. A few are in the form of an animal, such as a duck or a dolphin, with the head as a spout and the tail as the handle. Some rest on a small conforming dish known in France as a presentoir) Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Collections, via WWW, June 7, 2006: Accession no. 09.31 (Gravy boat) Victoria and Albert Museum, Collections, via WWW, June 7, 2006: Museum no. C.563-1909 (Sauceboat) |
| Not found in | Grove art online, June 8, 2006 |
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