Livre de vases
A pattern book of engraved ornamental vases published in Paris in 1667 by Claudine Stella, whose family Jacques Stella (1596-1657) supplied the designs, aimed at goldsmiths, sculptors and decorators. The plates show urns and covered vases in a Baroque manner, with serpent or scroll handles, lids and figures in relief, all drawn in fine line engraving against plain grey grounds that suggest cast or carved metalwork for borrowing forms and handles.
