The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 19, 2025
Sauce Boat
1743
Overall: 7.7 x 22.9 cm (3 1/16 x 9 in.); Average: 17.8 cm (7 in.); Base: 9.9 x 7.1 cm (3 7/8 x 2 13/16 in.)
Gift of Mrs. S. Prentiss Baldwin 1940.21
Location: Not on view
Did You Know?
This sauceboat would likely have been accompanied by a tray and a spoon used to skim grease from the surface of the sauce.Description
When heated sauces began to be served separately from meat and fish towards the end of the 17th century, sauce boats began to be used as another piece of elaborately designed silver dinner services popular in European courts. This sauce boat reflects early models in the shape of a nef, a condiment vessel which derives its name from a ship of the same shape.- Foote, Helen. "French Silver." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 27, no. 6 (June 1940): 87-90 Reproduced: p. 86; Mentioned: p. 88 www.jstor.org
- Exhibition of French, English, and American Silver in Honor of Russell A. Plimpton. Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN (organizer) (June 10-July 15, 1956).
- {{cite web|title=Sauce Boat|url=false|author=Nicolas Duclos (1699–1755), master silversmith in 1726|year=1743|access-date=19 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
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