Sauce Boat
Medium
silver
Dimensions
7.7 × 22.9 cm · average: w. 17.8 cm
Classification
Silver
Department
Decorative Art and Design
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of Mrs. S. Prentiss Baldwin
Accession Number
1940.21
Tags
male
About this artwork
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.