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Cemetary Gate
Cast iron
James Monahan, Savannah,
Georgia, ca. 1850
Purchase with funds from the Decorative Arts
Acquisition Trust, 1983.48
A celestial harp with a winged hourglass, a symbol
of mortality, and the flanking, inverted torches,
which represent death, suggest that this gate was
originally used in a family or private cemetery.
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