Posts Tagged ‘CULTURAL ARTIFACTS’
Ceramic Gravemarkers
Posted by Bryce Bricso in Entangled_Citizens on May 9th, 2009

hand made saltfired ceramic gravemarker in haydenville cemetery.

detail of handmade saltfired ceramic gravemarker in wolfe cemetery, haydenville ohio.reverse side of haydenville marker

houses with saltfired tile exteriors
Recently I visited two cemeteries in Haydenville, both are just across the road from Sawmillers Pallette Co. Haydenville Cemetery is easily accessible by car and has a number of interesting handmade gravemarkers. Wolfe Cemetery is gated, and requires a 5 minute walk up a trail to the crown of a hill, which offers a nice view of the surrounding landscape. There is only one large saltfired marker here, but worth the trip. Both sites contain a majority of infant graves. A large vein of coarse reddish clay made the production of sewer pipes, and roofing tiles, as well as many other items a major industry in this area. It is interesting how intimately linked life and death were with this local material.