The first fine earthenware manufacture of Creil was created, on 26 th May 1797, by O'Reilly in order to answer to the icreasing demand of a product which had been England's pride since the middle of XVIII century. This symbolised the first industrialization phase of the basin of Creil. This foundation was short-lived, an other limited partnership was created in 1799 and it was only in 1801 that a durable company was set up in particular by the brothers Saint-Cricq. The establishment of an earthenware manufacture on the Creil's site presented several assets : the old park of the royal castle repurchased as national property, the proximity of forests rich in fuel as well as a navigable river. As the first important industry of the basin, the earthenware manufacture employed up to 900 workers in 1840. It lasted thanks to the how-know of workers-artists, who were most of the time foreigners. The most famous names are O'Reilly, Bagnall, Stone, later Hamlet, Whitehouse, Griffith father and son. Just like in most of these first industries, the successive owners and directors of the firm followed a social policy specific to the company, founding a system of care in the Manufacture, developing training, then, after the law of 1841, the general education of the children, building, at last, in 1866, a working city, the Saint-Médard city.

In 1840, Charles Saint-Cricq died. He strongly contributed to the prosperity of Creil, as the owner of the Manufacture, but also as mayor. He also acquired the earthenware manufacture of Montereau, which was older. This was a new phase in the history of the manufacture of Creil : the owners of Montereau, Lebeuf et Milliet, who then purchased the factory of Creil, made it enter the industrial era. Coal, gas, steam engine were used. Then, the type of earthenware manufactured also changed, from artistic production to mass production. For a century, the Manufacture knew how to innovate and adapt to new techniques, to offer amazing diversity of forms and patterns. The earthenware manufacture of Creil gained several medals at national exhibitions and the goods were exported as far as Japan. The manufacture closed in 1895, because the activities were transferred to Montereau in order to reduce the production costs. Today some archivists or archaeological traces remain, but above all some earthenware are belonging to private individuals or museums, in particular the house Gallé-Juillet which has some of the most beautiful items.