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English ceramic factories often copied silver sauce boats. Mid-18th-century sauce boats were open boat-shaped vessels with one or two pouring lips, but later 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 and other ingredients 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.<br><br><b>Materials & Making</b><br>The body of this sauce boat was formed in a two-piece mould. These moulds were made from a master model of the shape supplied by a freelance modeller, in this case probably Aaron Wood (1717-1785). Freelance modellers like Wood first modelled the shape of the vessel in clay and then cast a set of hollow plaster moulds from their originals. They used these moulds to make fired stoneware versions of their designs, and sold these to pottery and porcelain factories.","physicalDescription":"Sauce boat of soft-paste porcelain painted with purple enamel. Moulded externally with leafy scrolls on a ground of various diaper-patterns in relief. Over the relief ornament is painted a swan and rushes on one side, and a view of a house beside a gate on the other. Inside is painted a small view of buildings and sprigs of flowers.","artistMakerPerson":[],"artistMakerOrganisations":[{"name":{"text":"Longton Hall porcelain factory","id":"A9163"},"association":{"text":"manufacturer","id":"x33306"},"note":""}],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"soft paste porcelain","id":"AAT10665"},{"text":"enamel","id":"AAT14910"}],"techniques":[{"text":"painted","id":"AAT54216"},{"text":"moulded","id":"x30076"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Soft-paste porcelain painted with purple enamel and moulded","categories":[{"text":"Ceramics","id":"THES48982"},{"text":"Food vessels & Tableware","id":"THES48952"},{"text":"Porcelain","id":"THES48907"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"CER","id":"THES48594"},"images":["2010DD4685"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"139","id":"THES49874"},"free":"","case":"E","shelf":"2","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Sauce boat","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Longton","id":"x28985"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"ca. 1755-56","earliest":"1750-01-01","latest":"1759-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Bequeathed by Herbert Allen","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"9.8","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"19.4","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"Dimensions checked: Registered Description; 01/01/1998 by KN","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"One of a pair with C.665-1935. Formerly in the Alfred Trapnell Collection.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Sauce boat of soft-paste porcelain painted with purple enamel and moulded, Longton Hall porcelain factory, Longton, ca. 1755-56","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":" For this sauceboat shape, see Nicholas Panes, British Porcelain Sauceboats of the 18th Century (2009), no. 250, where dated ca. 1755-56"}],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[{"text":"diaper","id":"AAT231169"},{"text":"swan","id":"x30241"},{"text":"houses","id":"AAT5433"},{"text":"flowers","id":"x35571"}],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"British Galleries:\nThis sauce boat was slip cast in a plaster mould. The potter poured a mixture of clay and water into the mould. He then allowed the water to evaporate, leaving a layer of clay adhering to the mould. The vessel was then removed and fired. Staffordshire potters adopted this technique in about 1745.","date":{"text":"27/03/2003","earliest":"2003-03-27","latest":"2003-03-27"}}],"partNumbers":["C.665A-1935"],"accessionNumberNum":"665","accessionNumberPrefix":"C","accessionYear":1935,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":["2019LP6544","2019LR5581","2019LV6645"],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-25","recordCreationDate":"2003-05-20","availableToBook":false}}