Sauce boat

It often sits on a matching saucer, sometimes attached to the pitcher, to catch dripping sauce.

Silver sauce boats with two handles and two spouts were reported as early as 1690 and appear to have developed in response to the new and original nouvelle cuisine.

[citation needed] Consequently, the earliest factories, such as Bow, Chelsea, Limehouse, Lunds Bristol, and Worcester, all had sauce boats in their product range.

[citation needed] During the second half of the 18th century, the elaborate early porcelain sauce boat designs were simplified in response to the growing market among the aspiring middle classes.

As a result, the sauce boat became part of a dinner service, which generally it remains today.