 A particular specialty was the 17th century "Arlecchini" style, a satirical depiction of different professions and national types, including the fearsome Landsknechts, German mercenaries who fought on behalf of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor.At the end of the 17th century, after the production of wonderful artifacts for pharmacies Florentine Dominicans of San Marco and Santa Maria Novella was finished, it began the slow but inexorable decline in the production of ceramics in Montelupo.Only through the production of the Capraia’s pots the tradition survived during the 18th and 19th centuries.