Mortiers Francais Du Xve Au Xixe Siècle Fleurs Et Figures De Bronze

Used by pharmacists and cooks, the bronze mortars created by French founders from the Middle Ages to the Empire are today considered to be collector's items and objects of contemplation. Their abundant decorations bring together the models of the Germanic goldsmiths of the Renaissance and the royal medals of the Century of Louis XIV, medieval pilgrimage signs and Italian plates.

Illustrated with some 600 models, this book provides an unprecedented panorama of the production of a hundred or so workshops active between the 15th and 19th centuries, from Rouen to Strasbourg and from Lille to Toulouse, via Puy-en-Velay.