Lunette - James Hovey LbNA #33102
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Add Location| Owner: | Adoptable |
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| Plant date: | Jul 16, 2007 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Storrs |
| County: | Tolland |
| State: | Connecticut |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Planted by: | Nomad Indian Saint  |
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| Found by: | enjoinder |
| Last found: | Nov 24, 2016 |
| Status: | FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFaa |
| Last edited: | Nov 21, 2015 |
Have you ever marveled at the 18 and early 19th century headstones of our ancestors? The colonial burying grounds of New England represent some of the most wondrous carvings and are treasure troves of information and beauty of many kinds. The stones are the “persisting symbols of an art form that is largely indigenous, that reached a high level of abstract complexity and beauty that died away in an amazingly short period of time.”
The term lunette is referred to as the top central area of the stone, the area containing the cherub. James Hovey was a Mansfield, CT carver – a local yokel. His large heavy granite stones have been found thus far only in Mansfield, Willington, Ashford, and Tolland. Most of the Hovey stones are badly eroded and the original designs barely discernible.
Storrs Burying Ground behind the Congregational Church on North Eagleville Road
Storrs, CT
Once you get the stamp, search through the cemetery and decide which ones are Hovey’s… At the champion pine tree where 2 tall stones and one short Elliah stand, follow that row of stones to the wall to find Hovey nestled behind a few loose stones near the top of the wall. All other stones are tight.
The term lunette is referred to as the top central area of the stone, the area containing the cherub. James Hovey was a Mansfield, CT carver – a local yokel. His large heavy granite stones have been found thus far only in Mansfield, Willington, Ashford, and Tolland. Most of the Hovey stones are badly eroded and the original designs barely discernible.
Storrs Burying Ground behind the Congregational Church on North Eagleville Road
Storrs, CT
Once you get the stamp, search through the cemetery and decide which ones are Hovey’s… At the champion pine tree where 2 tall stones and one short Elliah stand, follow that row of stones to the wall to find Hovey nestled behind a few loose stones near the top of the wall. All other stones are tight.