{"product_id":"victorian-era-cemetery-devotional-figure","title":"Victorian Era Cemetery Devotional Figure","description":"\u003ch1 class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\" data-end=\"4275\" data-start=\"4260\" data-section-id=\"tbtqo7\"\u003eArchive Notes\u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"4384\" data-start=\"4277\"\u003eAntique 19th Century Carved Stone\u003cspan\u003e Virgin in Prayer (Heavy)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eReligious workshops across Europe produced figures like this for churches, shrines, cemetery chapels, and family graves. Rather than commemorating a single individual, these sculptures represented perpetual prayer, a symbol of hope, mourning, and remembrance. Objects of this nature also appeared in churches and private chapels.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"5689\" data-start=\"5437\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn Europe, families often leased burial plots rather than owning them permanently. When concessions expired and were not renewed, monuments and devotional objects would be legally removed and dispersed. Families sometimes removed statues from graves decades earlier and kept them in gardens, attics, or family chapels before eventually selling them. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-end=\"5694\" data-start=\"5691\"\u003e\n\u003ch1 data-end=\"5705\" data-start=\"5696\" data-section-id=\"1i7x1es\"\u003eDetails\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cul data-end=\"6426\" data-start=\"5707\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"5747\" data-start=\"5707\" data-section-id=\"1itl3ky\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-end=\"5720\" data-start=\"5709\"\u003eOrigin:\u003c\/strong\u003e Probably France or Belgium\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"5795\" data-start=\"5748\" data-section-id=\"1p5wwnh\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-end=\"5759\" data-start=\"5750\"\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e Late 19th century (c. 1870–1900)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"5885\" data-start=\"5796\" data-section-id=\"2dbcya\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-end=\"5811\" data-start=\"5798\"\u003eMaterial:\u003c\/strong\u003e Composition stone with polychrome paint\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"5943\" data-start=\"5886\" data-section-id=\"ios02i\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-end=\"5900\" data-start=\"5888\"\u003eSubject:\u003c\/strong\u003e Virgin Mary in Prayer (\u003cem data-end=\"5942\" data-start=\"5924\"\u003eVierge en Prière\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"6124\" data-start=\"6082\" data-section-id=\"57efwq\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-end=\"6099\" data-start=\"6084\"\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e Approximately 9.5 in. high, apx 10 lbs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"6426\" data-start=\"6125\" data-section-id=\"6ug3ax\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-end=\"6141\" data-start=\"6127\"\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Honest antique condition with extensive age and weather-related wear. Moderate paint loss, surface abrasion, dirt accumulation, and evidence consistent with long-term outdoor exposure. Please examine photos carefully.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"DEADSKULL","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46572197839045,"sku":null,"price":325.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/4849\/0949\/files\/1929623F-2187-4686-B90D-CF4B0CAFE708.jpg?v=1784613069","url":"https:\/\/deadskull.co\/products\/victorian-era-cemetery-devotional-figure","provider":"DEADSKULL","version":"1.0","type":"link"}