Founded by Jean-Baptiste Casimir Aucoc in 1821 in Paris. A silversmith who also manufactured travelling and dressing cases. In 1854 the business was taken over by his son Louis when Casimir retired. Louis expanded the business and acquired appointments to King Louis-Philippe I and then Napoleon III and many other members of the royal family.
A young Rene Lalique was an apprentice at Aucoc in 1876.