Early New England Stone Cutters–The Stone Cutter of Boston June 21, 2022July 24, 2022Kim Jacobson Comment The Old Stone Cutter has been called a “master craftsman” that set the standard for all later carvers in the Boston area in the seventeenth century. --More
Early New England Gravestone Symbols June 6, 2022June 6, 2022Kim Jacobson Comment One of the earliest tombstone symbols in the United States is the Death’s Head. Also known as the “winged skull,” it pertains to --More
Emblemes and Hieroglyphicks June 3, 2022July 12, 2022Kim Jacobson Comment When I first saw Mehtabel Sheafe’s gravestone in King’s Chapel Burying Ground in Boston, Massachusetts I thought it was a mother skeleton with --More