Épis de Faîtage

Ceramic finials made by the potter RENTY or his colleagues in the neighboring commune of MORTROUX between 1830 and 1880.
The village of LINARD boasts four such finials: two on this house in the main street and two more at the presbytery (opposite the church, no. 26).
The simple or figurative finial is first and foremost a utilitarian piece to protect the spike of the frame on three- or four-sloped roofs, but it is also an ornamental piece.