Antique Silver Argyles, Sauceboats and Pap Boats are receptacles for serving sauces and gravy. The Antique Silver Argyle is a gravy-warmer similar in shape to a covered coffee pot. The gravy is kept warm by various means.
Antique Silver Argyles, Sauceboats and Pap Boats are receptacles for serving sauces and gravy. The Antique Silver Argyle is a gravy-warmer similar in shape to a covered coffee pot. The gravy is kept warm by various means.
Antique Silver Argyles, Sauceboats and Pap Boats are receptacles for serving sauces and gravy. The Antique Silver Argyle is a gravy-warmer similar in shape to a covered coffee pot. The gravy is kept warm by various means. It is named after John Campbell (1723-1806), the fifth Duke of Argyll who hated the way that gravy arrived cold to the table from his kitchens at Inverary Castle during the cold Scottish winters. Argyles were produced up until the Victorian period in both silver and Sheffield plate. They are very rare and only a limited number now survive. The Antique Silver Sauceboat was made its first appearance in the early 1700’s. The original form had two lips, one at each end, with two scroll handles and a spreading foot. This was quickly followed by the single lip form and by the 1740s nearly all examples had the traditional three feet. Usually oval, they were very occasionally octagonal or circular, and were originally intended for cold sauces. The Antique Silver Pap Boat was originally used as a shallow feeding dish for a child or invalid. These appeared circa 1710 and fell out of manufacture about 120 years later. With their smooth elegant shape, they make ideal servers for sauce.
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