From Quarry to Cemetery Monuments
Ordering Monumental / Cemetery Stones from Catalogs / Price Lists, etc.
Names of the Parts of the Monuments – Terms Used
Price lists and and catalogs describe the parts of the cemetery monument and accessories using the following terms that accompany these photographs. The parts of the monuments in the photographs below are listed from top to bottom. All of these photographs are from the 1889 Vermont Marble Company Price List, which you can view on this web site by clicking on the link on the title.
Urn, cap & column, plinth, die, base, and bottom base (pp. 30)
Spire, plinth, die, base, and bottom base (pp. 371)
Urn, plinth, cap, 42 columns, plinth, die, base, and bottom base (pp. 42)
Finial, cap, 4 columns, die, base, and bottom base (pp. 48)
Soldier, cap, die, base, base, and bottom base (pp. 49) |
 First photo: Soldier, plinth, shaft, cap, plinth, die, plinth base, base, and bottom base & Second photo: Eagle and shaft, plinth, shaft, plinth, plinth, cap, plinth, die, base, base, & bottom base (pp. 50) |
Urn, plinth, cap, plinth, die, base, and bottom base (pp. 55) |
Die, base, and bottom base (pp. 123) |
Cross, base, and bottom base |
Cross, base, and bottom base |
 
Cross, die, base, and bottom base |
First photo on left: Urn, cap, shaft, plinth, die, base, and bottom base & Second stone on right: Spire, plinth, die, base, and bottom base (pp. 169)
Die, base, and bottom base (pp. 219) |
Die, base, and bottom base (pp. 219) |
Vase, 2 sides, foot, die, base, bottom base, bottom slab, inf. (pp. 223)
Plinth, cap, die, base, and bottom base (pp. 241)
Both of these stones are referred to “Headstones” (pp. 258)
Coping & Posts for use around burial plots (pp. 18, 19, & 20)
Coping & Posts |
Coping |
Posts |
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