| The Meaning of Early Gravestone
Art
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Anchors and Ships |
the seafaring profession |
| Arches | victory in death |
| Arrows | morality |
| Bouquets | condolences, grief |
| Buds | renewal of life |
| Bugles | the resurrection; the military |
| Crossed Swords | high-ranking military person |
| Darts | mortality |
| Doves | the soul, purity |
| Father Time | mortality ; grim reaper |
| Flowers | brevity of earthly existence; sorrow |
| Flying Birds | the flight of the soul |
| Fruits | eternal plenty |
| Garlands | victory in death |
| Hand of God Chopping | sudden death |
| Handshakes | farewell to earthly existence |
| Hearts | the Soul in bliss, Love of Christ |
| Horns | the resurrection |
| Hourglass | swiftness of time |
| Lambs | innocence |
| Portals | passageway to the eternal journey |
| Roses | the brevity of earthly existence |
| Sheaves of Wheat | time, the divine harvest |
| Suns | the resurrection |
| Trees | life |
| Trumpeters | heralds of the resurrection |
| Winged Effigies | the flight of the soul |
From: Oklahoma Genealogical Society Quarterly Vol. 31 #2, 1986
Taken from Early Gravestone Art by Frances Duval
Hosted and Maintained by, Darlene Brooks
