Pour in Style this Christmas
While most agree that a Sunday roast is something special, people can often disagree when it comes to the gravy. How much to have – or whether to have it at all! A gravy jug can need refilling many times in one household yet hardly be touched in another.
Preferences aside, what people can agree on is that gravy jugs come in interesting shapes, making them a much-talked-about addition to any dining table.
Christmas is definitely a time for more than one gravy jug, sauce boat, gravy boat or whatever you call them, as you might need to serve both a meat and a vegetarian gravy. Then there’s the bread sauce to think about.
We’re taking a look at three distinct gravy jug designs: classic, round and pan-style.
The Classic Boat
Possibly the most elegant of the trio is the classic gravy boat. Long and low, its sweeping curves carry the pattern beautifully. When placed on its stand, it becomes the table centrepiece that any gravy aficionado worth their salt will be reaching for.
The Wedgwood India and Royal Doulton Carlyle sauce boats carry their elegant patterns as a band across the top, trimmed with gold. Marks & Spencer Mosaic is a crisp white boat with fine gold detailing. The Royal Worcester Evesham Gold gravy jug features the apple pattern and has a low-slung handle. Royal Doulton’s Rondelay sauce boat offers a slightly squared-off shape, with the pattern positioned across the central portion.
The Rustic / Pan-Style Jug
Featuring a horizontal handle and a side pouring spout, the pan-style jug is low and sturdy with distinctive looks. Popular in dinnerware from the 1970s, this statement sauce boat will be a talking point at any gathering. You don’t see this style that often today, so our top picks are ideal for adding an accent to modern dinnerware.
Denby offers this style of sauce boat in its Arabesque, Troubadour and Greystone collections. For a squarer shape in a natural oatmeal and teal colourway, there’s Wedgwood Blue Pacific. And with a striking blue and green floral pattern that shouts ‘vintage’, take a look at the Midwinter Spanish Garden gravy jug.
The Rounded Jug
Finishing our top picks for serving gravy and sauce at Christmas is a full and bulbous jug style. The rounded shape lends itself to holding a good gravy serving, which is one way to reduce the refill trips to the kitchen in a gravy-loving household!
Royal Doulton Sherbrooke, Monaco, Atlanta and Clarendon follow the same shape. Manufactured from fine bone china, they have an elegant band of pattern around the neck of the jug and an elaborate spout and handle design finished with a luxurious gold or platinum trim. With a much more rounded appearance, the Denby Colonial Blue gravy jug has a large handle, making it easy to pass from guest to guest.
There’s a style of jug for every type of gravy and sauce. Pick your favourite to enhance your Christmas table.
Featured Products
