Archive for the ‘Stone Carvings’ Category

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A Ferocious Lion Stands Sentry at the Entrance of Leicester Lions Park in Leicester, MA (Originally Published on Gargoyles and Grotesques on January 9, 2018)

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Two Angels Hug a Heart-Shaped Gravestone at St. Anthony’s Cemetery in Webster, MA (Originally Published on Gargoyles and Grotesques on November 3, 2016)

Virgin Mary Pine Grove Whitinsville MA 2
A High Relief Sculpture of the Virgin Mary Holding the Infant Jesus as a Chorus of Cherubic Faces Watch in the Background Found on St. Patrick Catholic Church on Cross Street in Whitinsville, MA (Originally Published on Gargoyles and Grotesques on January 31, 2020)

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An Unusual Gravestone Found at the Woodstock Hill Burial Ground With a “Winged Soul Effigy” Placed in Each Top Corner Representing the Two Young Daughters Lost by Abel and Sabra Hofmer in the 1770s (Originally Published on Gargoyles and Grotesques on January 30, 2017)

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A Balloon-Shaped Skull With Wings Seen on a Gravestone From the Mid-18th Century at the Woodstock Hill Burial Ground in Woodstock, CT (Originally Published on Gargoyles and Grotesques on February 11, 2017)


A Moss-Covered Figure of a Nude Child Clutching a Crumbling Cornucopia on Top of a Monument at North Cemetery in Sturbridge, MA (Originally Published on Gargoyles and Grotesques on June 1, 2019)

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A Gargoyle With a Long Neck Jutting Out From the Ediface of the Burrage House Found on the Corner of Commonwealth Avenue and Hereford Street in Boston, MA


A Granite Angel Kneels as She Clutches a Large Cross at Pine Grove Cemetery in Whitinsville, MA (Originally Published on Gargoyles and Grotesques on April 15, 2019)

Weeping angel St Mary Putnam CT (2)
A Grieving Angel Clutching a Tear-Soaked Handkerchief in Her Hand Weeps Over a Polished Black Granite Headstone at St. Mary’s Cemetery in Putnam, CT (Originally Published on Gargoyles and Grotesques on February 3, 2020)

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A Marble Statue of a Young Man Dressed in a Suit Jacket Kneeling and Praying Found at St. Anne Shrine in Sturbridge, MA (Originally Published on Gargoyles and Grotesques on November 27, 2018)