1880. The start of a great family adventure. It was on this date, symbolic today for the company, that four Bastide brothers set up in Alès (Gard) to trade in earthenware, pottery and glassware. Fuelled by a respect for fine craftsmanship and a love of the noble, living materials that are ceramics and glass, this brotherhood of Cévennes entrepreneurs embarked on a project that would span the century to come.