Lunette - William Buckland LbNA #33108
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Add Location| Owner: | Adoptable |
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| Plant date: | Jul 16, 2007 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Tolland |
| County: | Tolland |
| State: | Connecticut |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Planted by: | Nomad Indian Saint  |
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| Found by: | Nairon |
| Last found: | Apr 9, 2022 |
| Status: | FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF |
| Last edited: | Jul 16, 2007 |
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. William and Peter Buckland were brothers who carved chiefly in the East Hartford, Glastonbury, and Manchester areas. Several of William’s stones, especially a group in old Tolland burying ground, are of great interest. His early stones are modeled after those of Gershom Bartlett, but have the swollen Bartlett noses exaggerated into grotesque but quite wonderful objects. Certainly, they are the most amazing of all New England cherubim. Let me show you.
Old Tolland Cemetery (South Cemetery)
Tolland, CT
Go to the large oak with the rhododendron abutting it and Marvin’s Monument close by – with your back to east side of the oak, walk at a heading of 65 to 70 degrees for 30 steps passing between son and daughter of Mrs. Thankful Hatch and an additional 20 steps should bring you face to face with Amy West. (William Buckland carving) Her 3 children are a few steps west of her. From Amy, walk due south for 31 steps and look to the east side of the structure for a loose stone. Please be discreet.
The term lunette is referred to as the top central area of the stone, the area containing the cherub. William and Peter Buckland were brothers who carved chiefly in the East Hartford, Glastonbury, and Manchester areas. Several of William’s stones, especially a group in old Tolland burying ground, are of great interest. His early stones are modeled after those of Gershom Bartlett, but have the swollen Bartlett noses exaggerated into grotesque but quite wonderful objects. Certainly, they are the most amazing of all New England cherubim. Let me show you.
Old Tolland Cemetery (South Cemetery)
Tolland, CT
Go to the large oak with the rhododendron abutting it and Marvin’s Monument close by – with your back to east side of the oak, walk at a heading of 65 to 70 degrees for 30 steps passing between son and daughter of Mrs. Thankful Hatch and an additional 20 steps should bring you face to face with Amy West. (William Buckland carving) Her 3 children are a few steps west of her. From Amy, walk due south for 31 steps and look to the east side of the structure for a loose stone. Please be discreet.