What did the workshop produce? Back in those days, the bulk of the market was the manufacture of jugs called « cruchons », made of fine sandstone, which served to bottle and sell alcohol, especially beer. The market was flourishing and it wasn’t long before trade took off abroad. We found out that in 1834, more than 150,000 jugs were sent out to the largest cities in France as well as to Northern Europe and the Maghreb.