Veuve Perrin Manufactures

Pierrette Candelot, known as the Widow Perrin, inherited a Marseille faience factory from her husband in 1733. From the inventory drawn up after Claude Perrin’s death, it appears that the factory was in financial difficulties, but despite the fact that the widow was already 75 years old, thanks to her courageous personality, she founded a new factory whose production was highly appreciated by the Marseille aristocracy.
The new factory became famous above all for the liveliness of its polychrome decorations: the petit feu technique was introduced, which made it possible to obtain a variety of bright colours – including yellow, green and turquoise – similar to those of porcelain. The manufacture was also characterised by the variety of shapes and types of objects produced, from soup tureens to flower boxes, decorated with polychrome naturalistic decorations of flowers and insects, landscapes, animals, floral motifs and chinoiserie.