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stjohnsgraveyard.bsky.social @stjohnsgraveyard.bsky.social · 18m

Oh yes, I see the wrench too now, well spotted!

stjohnsgraveyard.bsky.social @stjohnsgraveyard.bsky.social · 19m

Slate is not uncommon here too, but this is certainly a glass.

Current thinking Obsidian Glass.

I suspect it was common in this era because of Queen Victoria -- it was on-trend.

I will post when I learn more.

stjohnsgraveyard.bsky.social @stjohnsgraveyard.bsky.social · 23m

Yes, this is the material. I'm sorry you found broken pieces :(

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stjohnsgraveyard.bsky.social @stjohnsgraveyard.bsky.social · 24m

The flower immortelle, yes, I think so?

We've been trying to identify the material all day, it looks and feels like glass. Our latest thinking is Obsidian Glass, which ground obsidian and sand of high silica composition. I know it has a specific name but Google isn't even bringing pictures of it.

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Flâneuse | mallow era @wertvollel.bsky.social · 11h

Each leaf is handmade by a glass artist and is therefore unique.

Jedes Blatt ist von einer Glaskünstlerin handgefertigt und damit einzigartig.

#31DaysOfGraves

Day8: Glass / Glas

Blick auf ein Detail dieses Gemeinschaftsgrabens.

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Scotland's Churches Trust @scotchurchestrust.bsky.social · 5h

Day 8 of #31DaysOfGraves - Glass

When visiting a graveyard, have you ever wondered what these flat marble plates, reminiscent of chopping boards, are?

They're the bases of Victorian/Edwardian "Immortelles" that once held fragile memorial ornaments under a glass dome. Not many now survive intact...

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stjohnsgraveyard.bsky.social @stjohnsgraveyard.bsky.social · 8h

I love your take on 'Glass'.

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stjohnsgraveyard.bsky.social @stjohnsgraveyard.bsky.social · 8h

Beautiful!

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Lorraine @wolfq4.bsky.social · 11h

Day 8 of #31daysofgraves is #glass
The #grave of Irish author and poet Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) in Pere-Lachaise Cemetery, Paris.
From 1914, in "Egyptian style".
Visitors would leave lipstick 💋 so it is now covered by glass to protect the stonework
#Egyptophile
#Taphophile
#skystorians
#darktourism

The grave of Oscar Wilde in Pere Lachaise, Paris.
Designed by sculptor Jacob Epstein in 1914.
The epitaph reads, "And alien tears will fill for him, Pity's long-broken urn, For his mourners will be outcast men, And outcasts always mourn" taken Wilde's poem "The Sphinx" from 1894.
Egyptomania was a popular cultural phenomenon throughout the 19th century, especially in the Napoleonic era and again in the 1920s after the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun by Howard Carter.
The glass barrier was put in place in 2014 to protect the stone from damage caused by the lipstick.
Photo credit: Lorraine Murray c.2006

Detail showing the glass barrier to protect the stonework which was put in place around a decade ago

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stjohnsgraveyard.bsky.social @stjohnsgraveyard.bsky.social · 8h

It is a beautiful monument.

The plight and injustice around the times of the #PendleWitches is commonly understood these days, but a monument this grand we do not have.

Thank you for posting.

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Anna Fairley Nielsson @annaandthedead.bsky.social · 9h

#31DaysOfGraves Day 8 - Glass: Sun coming through the stained glass window of the Cory-Wright mausoleum at Highgate Cemetery #London

A large circular stained glass window reflects orange light on to the inside wall of a mausoleum. The text around the window reads "the eternal God is thy refuge and underneath are the everlasting arms"

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Confusion 🧠 @neocortex.bsky.social · 14h

#31DaysOfGraves
Day 8: GLASS -
The best possible reuse of a historic vehicle headlight.
🕯️🥹
Grave 'Toni'
Ostfriedhof / Ostpark (established in 1876)

📍
#Dortmund
#Ruhrgebiet
#Germany

Three stacked stone blocks with the recessed headlight of a vintage car. Behind them, an eternal light. Small stones lie on the gravestone.

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stjohnsgraveyard.bsky.social @stjohnsgraveyard.bsky.social · 8h

Love it!

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Friends of Toowong Cemetery @fotc.au · 21h

#31DaysOfGraves Day 8 - Glass

Glass used to capture family memories on the grave of Dr. Colin Page, buried in Toowong Cemetery, Brisbane, Australia - Portion 15, Section 6, Grave 53.

Dr. Colin Page's memorial in Toowong Cemetery uses glass to capture family photos.

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stjohnsgraveyard.bsky.social @stjohnsgraveyard.bsky.social · 8h

#31DaysofGraves Day 8 Glass... maybe

This is what I think is a Victorian etched black glass-front on the grave of William Bannister of Trafford House, #Burnley, his wife Sarah, Bertha, their daughter Mary Alice Wormwell Smith, and her son Alex Stewart Wormwell.

I am open to enlightenment!

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stjohnsgraveyard.bsky.social @stjohnsgraveyard.bsky.social · 22h

Archangel Michael with his sword?

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Francis H Powell writer and poet @fhpowellwriter.bsky.social · 1d

#31DaysOfGraves

Day 7: Angel

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stjohnsgraveyard.bsky.social @stjohnsgraveyard.bsky.social · 22h

#31DaysOfGraves Day 7 Angel

The archangel Gabriel with his scroll declaring that the will of God be done in calling Wilson Duerden of Little Clough Head, #GreatMarsden ( #Nelson ); his wife, Alice, and 3 of their daughters to rest.
The dedication to their faith clear from detail on their grave.

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stjohnsgraveyard.bsky.social @stjohnsgraveyard.bsky.social · 1d

I see it now, but you can see the wren's camouflage doing a great job, because if you hadn't seen and told us I wouldn't have.

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stjohnsgraveyard.bsky.social @stjohnsgraveyard.bsky.social · 1d

#31DaysOfGraves Day 7 Angel.

The archangel Gabriel with a large scroll is probably watching over a man of God (and his family), or he may have been a writer of clear communication to identify Gabriel as his heavenly guide.
Unfortunately I couldn't get closer to the grave to learn more, but I will.

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stjohnsgraveyard.bsky.social @stjohnsgraveyard.bsky.social · 1d

Confusion, you have confused me. Just above the purple circle?

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Remember It - Recuérdalo @recuerdalo.bsky.social · 2d

Men are often recognized for their military service and women as loving wives and mothers. Here, both husband and wife are remembered as Navajo Code talkers (see comments), albeit she served in the women's auxiliary, still a sign of gender division. #31daysofgraves 6. gender #photography

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Bruderherz @trailchaser.bsky.social · 2d

'Dinge die mit "H" beginnen ...' #FotoVorschlag

Hedy Lamarr, Schauspielerinn, Erfinderin

#31DaysOfGraves 06 Geschlecht / Gender

In Parkähnlicher Anlage eine Skluptur aus Stahlstäben senkrecht mit aufgesetzten Kugeln, die das Gesicht einer Frau darstellen. Davor, direkt auf Rasen, eine helle Steintafel. Diese weiderholt das Punktmuster der Skulptur, darunter Text "Films have a certain place in an certain time period. Technology is forever. / Hedy Lamarr / Actress. Inventor / 1914 Vienna / 2000 USA".

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stjohnsgraveyard.bsky.social @stjohnsgraveyard.bsky.social · 1d

I love this thread.

And I don't want to blow any surprises, but this has to win the Unique Animal quest for Day 24....

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stjohnsgraveyard.bsky.social @stjohnsgraveyard.bsky.social · 1d

They are indeed! I call them Fairy Daffs.