The first fine Gironde earthenware factory was founded in Fouqueyrolles in 1829. by a Bordeaux merchant Jean-François Rateau and Pierre-Louis Lahens with the help of Boudon de Saint-Amans, a great specialist in fine English earthenware, having worked with the largest factories of the time, Sèvres, Creil-Montereau, Choisy-Le-Roi etc.. In 1834 David Johnston (1789-1853), Irish by origin, helped by Boudon de Saint-Amans decides to relaunch the ceramic activity in Bordeaux in the Bacalan district on the banks of the Garonne. Production is then industrial, the earthenware will count up to 700 workers. In 1845, the company was taken over by Jules Vieillard, technical collaborator of David Johnston. The “Jules Vieillard et Cie” earthenware factory was born. English earthenware and considerably en.
