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Sauce Boat
- Makers: Gousse Bonnin; George Anthony Morris; American China Manufactory
- Medium: Porcelain
- Place Made: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Dates: 1771-1772
- Dimensions: 4 x 7 3/8 x 3 1/2 in. (10.2 x 18.7 x 8.9 cm)
- Inscriptions: Outside base is marked with a small "P" in pale blue under the glaze.
- Collections: Decorative Arts
- Museum Location:
This item is on view in American Identities: A New Look, Everyday Life/A Nation Divided, 5th Floor - Accession Number: 42.412
- Credit Line: Dick S. Ramsay Fund
- Image: Back, 42.412_back_acetate_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
- Catalogue Description: Sauce boat, white earthenware, boat shaped body, elongated spout, double scroll handle, flared foot, C scrolls in relief on each side enclosing a Chinese landscape in zaffer blue, there are scattered flowers in blue, the interior has a design in blue of a tree, painted in a Chinese style. Condition: Fair, base chipped, chip on inside of lip, lower scroll of handle cracked, under base discolored by age. See lab report on file.
ninakuriloff
Eastern Parkway/Brooklyn Museum 
