Valentine Manufactory - Saint-Gaudens (attributed to) - Lot 209

Valentine Manufactory - Saint-Gaudens (attributed to) Bulging vase made of hard porcelain. The base features a blue-violet design embellished with a gold lattice pattern. The body is decorated with bouquets of lifelike flowers. Second half of the 19th century H: 33.50 cm The Valentine Porcelain Manufactory, founded in 1832 in Valentine (near Saint-Gaudens, Haute-Garonne) by the Fouque and Arnoux families—former earthenware makers from Provence and Toulouse—exploited a local kaolin deposit. As the only hard-paste porcelain manufacturer in southwestern France, it produced pieces until 1878 featuring a milky white body, a glossy glaze, and the famous “Valentine blue” cobalt-based decorations. The blue on our vase, which is lighter than the deep blue typically used at Valentine, allows for attribution only to this manufactory.