Sauce boats, also called gravy boats, are a small jug form object used for serving sauces and gravy as indicated by the name. They were made in silver, silver plate or ceramics became fashionable in the early 18th century. Early suaceboats were usually plain and of oval shape, with a solid oval foot.. In the later Georgian period they became more elaborate, with the metal examples decorated with chasing and engraving, and a three-footed base, and sometimes available in pairs. Ceramic suaceboats were often part of a dinner service, and some of the ceramic sauceboats have an attached plate, its purpose being to catch drips and dribbles.

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An elegant pair of silverplated sauce boats by Christofle of…

An elegant pair of silverplated sauce boats by Christofle of Paris, double lipped quatrefoil shape with stylised scroll handles on fixed base, engraved initials

Pair of antique Sheffield plate sauce boats, 14 cm high, 20 cm…

Antique Sheffield Plate Sauce Boats - Pair

Pair of antique Sheffield plate sauce boats, 14 cm high, 20 cm long and smaller (2)

Pair Sheffield plate lidded sauce boats each with footed base.…

Pair of Sheffield Plate Sauce Boats with Lids and Feet

Pair Sheffield plate lidded sauce boats each with footed base. Height 12.5 cm, each.

A silver plated Edwardian milk jug and a sauce boat, 20th…

Silver Plated Milk Jug and Sauce Boat by Philip Ashberry

A silver plated Edwardian milk jug and a sauce boat, 20th century, with marks for Philip Ashberry & Sons, Fairfax & Roberts, an elegant tapering milk jug with a castellated pouring spout and crimped rim, a domed lid and Bakelite finial, a bright cut…

Beautiful Regency Sheffield plate twin handled covered sauce…

Regency Sheffield Plate Covered Sauce Boat with Twin Handles

Beautiful Regency Sheffield plate twin handled covered sauce boat, of boat form, with loop handles, flanked by twin handles, with gadrooned border, on waisted support on rectangular base, a/f, 14 cm x 23 cm

A very good pair of Georgian style silver plated sauce boats,…

Georgian-style silver plated sauce boats with C scroll handles

A very good pair of Georgian style silver plated sauce boats, with C scroll handles, marked to base with Beaver & 237 (2)

A pair of silver plated sauce boats and stands

Silver plated sauce boats and stands set

A pair of silver plated sauce boats and stands

A silver bowl and cover with a glass inset and a hinged cover.…

Assorted Silver and Plated Tableware Set

A silver bowl and cover with a glass inset and a hinged cover. Together with a plated box and cover. Together with a plated sauceboat, sugar castor. A Sheffield plate muffin dish. Together with a Drummond & Co. Melbourne reproduction Sheffield plate.…

A fine Elkington silver plated sauce boat, 1851, with original…

Elkington Silver Plated Sauce Boat, 1851

A fine Elkington silver plated sauce boat, 1851, with original silver plating and of delightful proportions with silver beading to the rim and a similarly embellished scrolled handle, embossed to the bowl with flora and raised on three finely crafted…

Antique Sheffield plate sauce boat 1810-30

1810-30 Sheffield Plate Sauce Boat - Antique

Antique Sheffield plate sauce boat 1810-30

An Adams style silver plated sauce boat, circa 1860s, the…

Adams Silver Plated Sauce Boat, 1860s

An Adams style silver plated sauce boat, circa 1860s, the electroplated silver on copper boat of typical oval form with upswept ends upon an oval stepped pedestal base, generous sweeping foliate handles, a fitted lid with conforming boat style finial, and…