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Elton Vase, (sculpture). Artist:  Bissell, George Edwin, 1839-1920, sculptor. Fonderia Galli, founder. Title:  Elton Vase, (sculpture). Dates:  1905. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: limestone. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 51 x 58 x 47 in.; Base: approx. 51 x 104 x 46 in. Inscription:  Geo. E. Bissell, SC; Filli Gallifusero Firenzi 1905 (Raised lettering on front of pedestal:) RIVERSIDE CEMETERY/DEDICATED SEPT. 24,/1853 (Incised on dado:) THIS VASE WAS ERECTED IN MEMORY OF/JOHN PRINCE ELTON/AND HIS WIFE/OLIVE MARGARET ELTON/AND PRESENTED TO THE CEMETERY BY THEIR SON/NOVEMBER 1905 signed Founder's mark appears. Description:  The bronze vase is mounted on a stone pedestal which is flanked by two bronze female figures. To the left is Death, a shrouded figure gazing downward. To the right, Afterlife sits bareheaded and is looking upward. Both wear classical dress. The vase, modeled on baptismal fonts, consists of a bowl resting on four short clustered columns. Four helmeted winged angels extend out from the columns, separating the bowl into four sections. Each carved section depicts an event in the life of Christ; the Nativity, Crucifixion, Entombment and Ascension. Subject:  Object -- Other -- Vase Religion -- New Testament -- Holy Family Religion -- New Testament -- Angel Figure group -- Female Allegory -- Religion -- Immortality Homage -- Elton, John Prince Homage -- Elton, Olive Margaret Object Type:  Decorative arts Relief Outdoor Sculpture -- Connecticut -- Waterbury Sculpture Owner:  Riverside Cemetery Association, Riverside Cemetery, 496 Riverside Street, Waterbury, Connecticut 06708 Remarks:  Registered with the National Register of Historic Places, 1988. The Eltons were a prominent Waterbury family who owned the Elton, the principal downtown hotel. The inscription suggests that the base may date from the dedication of the cemetery in 1853. It appears, without the bronze figures and vase, in a picture in an 1889 cemetery publication. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Connecticut survey, 1993. "Book of the Riverside Cemetery, Waterbury, Conn.," Waterbury, CT: Press of the Waterbury Printing Company, 1889, Fig. 10. National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, CT0057, 1989. Monumental News, Aug. 1910, pg. 566. Illustration:  Image on file. Monumental News, Aug. 1910, pg. 566. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS CT000050   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture CT000050 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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