The Faïencerie de Gien was created in 1821 in Gien (Val de Loire), in the heart of France.

The 19th century gave birth to many production sites, heirs to the potters of past centuries. Its two hundred year history is linked to the name of its creator, the Englishman Thomas Hall. Hall moved to Gien and bought the land and buildings of the “Convent des Minimes” located on the banks of the Loire.

At that time, the city of Gien had several assets: it was an important commercial crossroads, it had an abundance of raw materials (clays, sands, siliceous stones from the Loire). The Loire was also used for transporting wood from the forests of Orleans. This wood served to stoke the for the baking ovens.