Vallauris (South of France)

I have always liked those goblets but the grey is not the best colour generally

those are my favorite Capron colours butI'm not keen on goblets generally

There are no greys as such. I have enhanced the colours slightly because of a poor photo but the colours are the ones shown. These are quite subtle in comparison with the other colourway which includes the reds. I had bought these as a Christmas present but the recipient ended up being me as they are too much fun to give away immediately. Perhaps I'll pass them on when I die.... or perhaps I'll take them with me.

I've had this liqueur set for about ten years now but my missus insist that she can never find quite the right place for it in our domestic design scheme.
I have come to the belated conclusion that she might be, what's the word... dissembling.
I bought it because it was the craziest thing that I'd ever seen and , to be honest, hadn't considered its place in our home decor. I don't see it as being by Le Vaucour but I don't know if it is before or after him, or in which direction the influences flow.


It remains crazy, and a complete pig to wash or clean out, every single last piece of it.

bowl ...very dirty

it seems smallish?

Haha... on phone . There may be anecessary issue with uploadingreat as first time I did hit 800pcx and it did not work. 2nd time no pics at all

Stupid auto correct

I like it a lot. Picault I presume?

Yes RP mark the one that looks like "PIP." Dunno if that's him or not. Rings but has a couple of match head flea bites.

good one nice dark green, only when marked picault in letters are they con sidered to be by the man himself he had a large factory that continued on run by the workers after he left

Cleaned ....this was the dirtiest ever...probably had a plant pot in it.

I could not resist this little broken jug - found in a junk shop in Charente, France. The colouring seems to hint at Robert Picault ... but not the design.

So who or what is VERAL ... if, in deed, that is what is written?

Does this have anything to do with Vallauris?

There are references to "Veral" marked on pottery on eBay ... but no one seems to know who the potter is.

Is there anyone here who can solve this little puzzle?

Height 14cm Diameter 8.5cm

bit of an enigma definitely Vallauris IMO verval was the name of Kostandas glass production (vere - valauris ) but seems to be missing a letter and isnt glass

Bugger! I was sure tenpot would know

Thanks for your responses NaomiM and tenpot (and dantheman!)... the plot thickens ... what do you make of this?



This was in an online auction ... its made by Michel Alexandrov ALLIX

It looks the same colour way, same shaped jug (only his is 19cm high), same design ... so IS it the same hand?

... perhaps tenpot you have revealed another possibility ... supposing the mark is not 'veral' but a wierd 'French' way of writing 'Va-al'? Meaning VA for Vallauris ... and AL for ALLIX???

... just thought ...

its Verol he worked with Allix

Great ... I'll go with that .... thanks tenpot. I cannot find any info on Verol ... does he or she have a surname?

sorry thats all I've got from the book byJean-Claud Martin

OK ... but that is brilliant! Thanks again!

I guess I'll have to find something more challenging for you lol.

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