Pierrette Perrin (died 1794), was a French industrialist. After the death of her husband Claude Perrin in 1748, she developed his company in

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into one of the biggest

faience Faience or faïence (; ) is the general English language term for fine tin-glazed pottery. The invention of a white Ceramic glaze, pottery glaze suitable for painted decoration, by the addition of an stannous oxide, oxide of tin to the Slip (c ...

-factories in France, with export internationally to both the

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, the

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and

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. Her factory came to be known as

Veuve Perrin Veuve Perrin (Widow Perrin) was a factory in Marseille, France, that manufactured Faïence wares between 1748 and 1803. History Claude Perrin, born in Nevers on 20 April 1696, settled in Marseille in 1733 where he died on 25 March 1748. Pierett ...

after her.

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