COLLECTION NAME:
Farber Gravestone Collection
mediaCollectionId
FBC~100~1
Farber Gravestone Collection
Collection
true
Name:
Blaney, Mary G.
name
Blaney, Mary G.
Name
false
Date:
1790
dates
1790
Date
false
City:
Boston
city
Boston
City
false
State/Province:
Massachusetts
stateorprovince
Massachusetts
State/Province
false
Cemetery:
Central Burying Ground
cemetery
Central Burying Ground
Cemetery
false
Carver Description:
Unidentified (Boston MA); Unique
carverdesc
Unidentified (Boston MA); Unique
Carver Description
false
Ornamental carving:
Heart; Winged Face
ornamentalcarving
Heart; Winged Face
Ornamental carving
false
Stone type:
Slate
stonetype
Slate
Stone type
false
Stone height:
15"
stoneheight
15"
Stone height
false
Verse:
No
verse
No
Verse
false
Photo number:
308
photonumber
308
Photo number
false
Vol name:
REGION25
volname
REGION25
Vol name
false
File name:
308
filename
308
File name
false
Memo:
This is a very puzzling stone. The decorative carving, borders, stone shape, and slate type date from the early 1700s (Gilchrist? Gaud? WC?), while the lettering is definitely from the late eighteenth-century. There are no discernable remnants of a previous inscription, nor does the surface appear to have been smoothed down. Also, the stone stands in the Boylston Street (Common) burying ground which was not established until 1754, long after stones of this style were being produced. Compare the current lettering to documented work of John Just Geyer and William Homer.
memo
This is a very puzzling stone. The decorative carving, borders, stone shape, and slate type date from the early 1700s (Gilchrist? Gaud? WC?), while the lettering is definitely from the late eighteenth-century. There are no discernable remnants of a previous inscription, nor does the surface appear to have been smoothed down. Also, the stone stands in the Boylston Street (Common) burying ground which was not established until 1754, long after stones of this style were being produced. Compare the current lettering to documented work of John Just Geyer and William Homer.
Memo
false