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Early sauce boats were open boat-shaped vessels with one or two pouring lips, but late-18th-century ones were often tureen-shaped with a central foot. Both types could require an underdish to prevent spillage.<br><br><b>Use</b><br>The five main sauces introduced by the French were <i>béchamel</i>, <i>brune/espagnol</i>, <i>tomate</i>, <i>mayonnaise</i>, and <i>velout‚</i>. Gravies made from roasted meat flavoured with wine, citrus juice, capers, herbs and spices were also popular in 18th-century Britain. Other sauces had a 'roux' base, made by combining butter or lard with flour and broth or milk, and flavoured with parsley, onions, celery, anchovies, oysters, cockles or eggs. Butter sauces, served in smaller sauce boats or butter boats, frequently accompanied vegetables. A hot sauce of wine, butter and sugar was the most common one for puddings.<br><br><b>People</b><br>The Derby factory appears to have been founded by Andrew Planch‚ (died 1805), a second-generation Huguenot who had been apprenticed to a London jeweller. Planch‚ may have employed London sculptors to supply models to be put into production at Derby.","physicalDescription":"In the shape of a fluted shell, the handle formed as a piece of green and turquoise sea-weed attached to the back of a crayfish or small lobster which is painted red as though cooked. The shell is white except for seaweed-like encrustations. The whole rests on a base formed by seaweed-clad rock to which are attached tellins and other bivalve shells as well as red coral. 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London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1999. 229p., ill. ISBN 1851772820."}],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[{"text":"crayfish","id":"x35390"},{"text":"shells","id":"x30562"},{"text":"Seaweed","id":"x31486"}],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"British Galleries:\nIn its earliest period the Derby factory seems to have been run by Andrew Planch‚ (died in 1805). Planch‚ was a second generation French Huguenot (Protestant refugee) who had been apprenticed to a jeweller. Given his background he may have known the crayfish design shown nearby, to which this sauce boat seems to be related.","date":{"text":"27/03/2003","earliest":"2003-03-27","latest":"2003-03-27"}}],"partNumbers":["C.277-1976"],"accessionNumberNum":"277","accessionNumberPrefix":"C","accessionYear":1976,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":["2019LN0576","2019LR1531","2019LP5412","2019LP5149","2019LR5545","2019LV6997"],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-24","recordCreationDate":"2002-12-02","availableToBook":false}}