Category Archives: Symbolism

Mother and Daughter

Posted on June 16, 2013 by gravelyspeaking

ANNA A. WIFE OF J. S. FLAGEOLLE DIED JUNE 8, 1887 AGED 24 YRS 2 MOS. 9 DYS.   TAKE THEM O FATHER IN THINE ARMS AND MAY THEY HENCEFORTH BE, A MESSENGER OF PEACE BETWEEN OUR HUMAN HEARTS AND … Continue reading →

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Artillery and Young Love

Posted on June 16, 2013 by gravelyspeaking

SERVANT OF GOD WELL DONE, THY GLORIOUS WARFARE’S PAST THE BATTLES FOUGHT THE VICTORY WON AND THOU ART CROWNED AT LAST.   THOMAS G. ORWIG CAPTAIN OF BATTERY E FIRST PA LIGHT ARTILLERY, ARMY OF THE POTOMAC, BORN JUNE 24, … Continue reading →

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Thistle in Zinc

Posted on June 13, 2013 by gravelyspeaking

JOHN G. RAIN, SEPTEMBER 19, 1828, FEBRUARY 18, 1899. HE DIED AS HE LIVED, A PURE, UPRIGHT MAN. The thistle is characterized by a purple or red flower that rests in a cup-shaped part of the stem and has prickly … Continue reading →

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Options in form and design

Posted on June 11, 2013 by gravelyspeaking

The Western White Bronze Company of Des Moines, Iowa, and the other companies that produced zinc funeral monuments, such as the Monumental Bronze Company of Bridgeport, Connecticut, had a wide range of symbols from which to choose.  The companies produced catalogs that salespeople … Continue reading →

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Variations on a boat theme

Posted on June 4, 2013 by gravelyspeaking

The Western White Bronze Company of Des Moines, Iowa, and the other companies that produced zinc funeral monuments made many variations.  The popular symbols came in multiple forms.  The various symbols could be bolted in place by special order much … Continue reading →

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Asleep

Posted on May 28, 2013 by gravelyspeaking

Only sleeping   Dear Mother in Earth’s thorny paths, How long thy feet have trod. To find at last this peaceful rest, Safe in the arms of God.   Sleep on sweet babe, and take thy rest, God calls away … Continue reading →

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Budded on Earth

Posted on May 23, 2013 by gravelyspeaking

HERRMAN REINHARDT BORN JULY 18, 1866. DIED MARCH 17, 1887. WHERE IMMORTAL SPIRITS REIGN THERE WE SHALL MEET AGAIN. Life is fragile, especially young life.  Many funerary motifs represent children–shoes, seedpods, cribs, cherubs–but one of the most common is the … Continue reading →

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Fraternal Societies

Posted on May 21, 2013 by gravelyspeaking

WILLIAM D. BLYTHE BORN OCT. 8, 1814 DIED JUNE 2, 1877 The Monumental Bronze Company of Bridgeport, Connecticut, offered customers many symbols that could be bolted into place on the zinc markers they produced, including symbols that represented fraternal societies that were very popular.  The marker above at the … Continue reading →

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The Old Rugged Cross

Posted on May 7, 2013 by gravelyspeaking

MARIAROSA SCIARRA DED. 11, 1847 OCT. 27, 1920 BORN AT CHIAUCI, ITALY This dramatic monument erected for Mariarosa Sciarra is a depiction of a line from the iconic hymn “Rock of Ages” written by Reverend Augustus Montague Toplady in 1763 … Continue reading →

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De Weldon’s Pieta

Posted on February 20, 2013 by gravelyspeaking

The Edith Allen Clark (1883-1965) polished black granite monument at the Metairie Cemetery at New Orleans, Louisiana, features a large circular bronze sculpture of the Virgin Mary and the dead body of Jesus Christ, known as a pieta, surrounded by … Continue reading →

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