In 1919, three friends called Floutier, Lukas and Vilotte opened a pottery workshop in an old whaleboat hangar next to the Nivelle River. In 1922, Vilotte continued the business venture without his two friends but with the help of his wife, and had a new building erected downstream, which brought together the workshop, the shop and the accommodation. From 1945, the Fischer family took over the business, which grew from having five employees to twelve employees, in order to respond to the strong demand for this kind of pottery. The pottery business closed its doors in 1995. For 76 years, many pottery designers succeeded one another to produce the stoneware: the first designs were of neo-Greek classical inspiration and referenced the painter Floutier, then the Jorraila style designs by Suzanne Fischer had their inspiration from discoid headstones, and finally the designs depicted Basque scenes.
