Susse is the only great foundry from the first half of the 19th-century which even now remains in business. Originally from Lorraine, in 1758 Jean Susse went to Paris, where he practiced a number of different professions, including in being the supplier of Menus-Plaisirs for the king. In 1806, Nicolas and Michel Victor Susse, undoubtedly Jean Susse's sons, established a stationery store at the Panoramas. They also sold some statuettes in plaster and in bronze, though it is possible that in this domain date were merely agents of the manufacturers. Susse started, however, to cast some bronzes, publishing a six page catalog of Leslie in 1839. The same year, the name of Susse was mentioned for the first time at the Exposition des produits de l'Industrie to. It seems that, beginning in 1830, the firm was corrected by the sons of Michel Victor Susse, Victor (18 06-18 60) and Amedee (1808-18 80). They opened a second store at the Plaza of the Bourse, where in 1841 they showed "Artistic bronzes for clocks, candelabrum, statuettes, etc." Some years later, the commercial catalogs nutty manufacturing workshop located at 12 Rue de Menilmontant. The trade name of the firm was accompanied by a description of its products: "Statuettes, historical groups, a gallery of Sts.... A founder for Pradier, Marochetti, Nieuwerkerque, Melingue, etc... A founder of reductions of antiques by the mechanical procedure of Sauvage." On June 14, 1841 Victor Susse signed a contract with Pradier, now the oldest known contract of edition. In 1847, they obtain the authorization to use the Sauvage procedure of reduction, similar in principle to that of Achille Collas.
Many artists, in addition to those who are just noted, appeared in the Susse catalogs published under the second Empire. Found there, among others are the names of Cumberworth, Coinchon, Duret, Jacqumart, Antonin Moine, Moigniez, etc. moreover, on the second floor on the premises of the Plaza of the Bourse were exhibited some modern campuses and drawings, works of cabinetry, objects in gilded bronze, mounted porcelains, and diverse curios, and on the mezzanine were some children's toys. Still, the law original enterprise was not abandoned: the first floor posted the stationery store and departments for leather goods and colorful boxes.
After Victor died in 1860, Amedee Susse remained alone for the rest his life. Albert Susse succeeded him in the direction of the firm, serving between 1880 and 1922. He gave new impetus to the firm, develop the foundry so extensively that it took precedence over all other activities, and at the beginning of the 20th-century opened a luxurious store at 13 Boulevard de la Madeleine, while continually maintaining the shops at the Plaza of the Bourse (31 Rue Vivienne). The catalogs from this era most notably a list the complete and exclusive editions of the works of Mene, Cain, Tourgueneff and Lanceray, as well as editions of works by countless other artists: Barrias, Dalou, Leonard and his series of dancers from the Jeu de l'echarpe, Mongin, Theodore Riviere, Hector Lemoire, Falguiere, Mathurin Moreau and Paul Richer, etc. with the catalogs also a list clocks, candelabrum, caps, inkwells, and flat candlesticks. To continue tea of the company was maintained by Albert Susse's and son Jacques Susse, and then by his grandson, Andre, who died in 1961 and finally by Andre's widow, who kept it up until the 1970s. In our day the foundry has preserved its reputation for high-quality, pursuing its activity in Arcueil, practicing both sandcasting in casting from the lost wax technique.