The Plymouth Colony Archive Project


Additional Illustrations of
Evolving Gravestone Styles


dividing bar

The "urn and willow" style, shown below, displaced the "cherub's head" design over time.
urn and willow gravestone style

<< Previous image Next image >>


dividing bar


Figure 3 of Death's Head, Cherub, Urn and Willow article

Death's Head, Cherub, Urn and Willow article

Mortuary Studies PageProject Home Page



© 2001-2007 Copyright and All Rights Reserved by
Patricia Scott Deetz, Christopher Fennell
and J. Eric Deetz