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Portieux Vallerysthal Vase with Gargoyle/Devil Faces

23 Wednesday Mar 2022

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I have bought so much glass over the last few months it has been quite alarming!  I almost think I am developing a glass addiction issue.  Ha ha!  That ship sailed a really long time ago.  But I have bought some items I have never had, along with a few that I have owned and lots in colour.  I finally have started taking some photos.

This interesting piece was acquired at the relatively new antique mart in Ajax – the Vintage Vendors.  I had never visited since its opening but found myself in Ajax last week.  What a great place!  I was very impressed.  It is nicely curated, clean and has a great variety of items, including a nice selection of glass.

I was sure that this was a piece of Portieux Vallerysthal (PV), name unknown.  I have subsequently found that Imperial glass made a piece that is similar or in fact exact.  It seems to have been called ‘Drama’ or ‘Devil and Roses’.  I don’t know its real name or line.  But since there is no Imperial mark on my vase I am assuming that it is the earlier piece by PV.

It is interesting with faces of gargoyles/devils on two sides and flowers on the other two sides.  I’d sure like to see it in PV’s other colours.

Cristallerie royale de Saint Louis Water Goblet in the Manon Line

15 Monday Jun 2020

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I have owned these two stems for a long time.  Not being able to identify them myself I finally decided to ask for help.  I submitted the photos to Replacements.com’s identification service (which is great!).  I received the information that the pieces were produced by Saint-Louis of France.

Replacements’ staff did not provide the line name or any information about an age so I decided to visit the Saint Louis website to see if there was any information.  I saw that there was a link to a Saint Louis Museum (where I must visit some day) and wondered if staff would provide an ID and additional information.

I was put in touch with a very nice woman who did facilitate the search and was advised that the line name is ‘Manon’ and that Manon was introduced in 1924 and in production until the 1930s.

Currently part of the Hermes group, Saint Louis has been in operation for a long time.  here’s some information from their webiste:

“Born in 1586, the Müntzthal glassworks become « Verrerie royale » (Royal Glassworks) in 1767 through Louis XV’s royal seal of approval.

Italy and Bohemia were already producing crystalline, but it was the Englishman George Ravenscroft who perfected the technique for making genuine crystal. In 1781, experts at Saint-Louis solved the mystery.

Since 1829, renamed « Cristallerie royale de Saint-Louis », the manufacture is exclusively devoted to the production of crystal-glass items.”

Great to have help to identify this lovely stem.

Requiem for…….Portieux Vallerysthal Blue Vase with Goat Head Decorations

28 Tuesday Jun 2016

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Portieux Vallerysthal White Vase (3)As stated (below) I had regrets that I sold my blue vase and eventually I did replace it with another one in blue.

I found out that they were made in other colours as well and I bought this one in white/cream/custard.  It is slightly shorter than the blue vase, but just as gorgeous.

I ‘think’ there is one in green, but wouldn’t bet money on it.  If so, however, I ‘have’ to have one.

The Canadian/US dollar exchange rate is brutal however, so it could be awhile!

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This post – February 14, 2014

Portieux Vallerysthal VaseI know this sounds silly, but every so often I sell a piece of glass and it makes me feel a twinge of regret.  This is one of those pieces.  I have had it for almost a year and a half now.  I can’t recall how long it has been for sale, but it’s been awhile.

I could never understand why it didn’t sell.  I thought this would be snatched up right away.  It is a gorgeous piece.  The colour is very attractive and the details are most interesting.  Maybe the photo didn’t really represent the vase well enough.Portieux Vallerysthal Vase (2)

It has been a fixture on my “blue’ shelf……..my shelf of blue glass……and I will miss seeing it there.  Yes, I know I didn’t have to sell it.  But…..now there will be space for another blue piece.  Well, at least for awhile.

The only good thing, is that anyone reading this post likely has their own glass ‘thing’ and will completely understand!

It is heading off to beautiful British Columbia.  I hope the buyer enjoys it!

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Original September 3, 2012 posting

This weekend we moved my youngest from one apartment to another in Ottawa.  We took the scenic route home and stopped at a few shops en route.  We went into a great antique market in Perth.  What a neat little town, definitely worth a longer visit.

I was taken with this pretty blue vase.  Didn’t know a thing about it, but liked the goat’s heads on the sides.

I posted the photo on the Elegant and Everyday Glass Forum site and a gentleman indicated that he thought (subject to verification) that the piece is as I’ve indicated – French,  and perhaps 1907/1908.

Whatever – it is pretty and I will enjoy it.