a small collection of antique silver and objects of vertu

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sauce boat Austria -67-
Austrian sauce or pap boat

this silver sauce boat was made in Budapest (Austria - Hungary) in 1863, silversmith GG.
The shape is quite unusual for a sauce boat and, maybe, this is the Continental equivalence of the English "pap boat". In 18th and 19th century the "pap boat" was used by parents or nursemaids to feed a baby. Pap was a thick mixture of gruel based on milk.
The boat is 6 1/2 in. long (cm. 16) and was bought from an English dealer through internet.
Here is illustrated also an English pap boat, London, circa 1750.
Austrian sauce or pap boat