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PLAQUE

Creator(s): Unknown

On view in: Friendship Walk


About this object

Metal garden plaque painted black. Oval at one end and contains verse. Placed on post with arrow at one end to anchor into soil. Poem by Dorothy Frances Gurney.

Object name:
PLAQUE
Made from:
Metal
Made in:
USA
Date made:
20th c.
Size:
H. 9 in., W. 14 1/2 in. (without stand)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
72.31
Class:
GARDEN
Signature marks:
INSCRIPTION The kiss of the sun for pardon, the song of the birds for mirth, one is nearer to God's heart in a garden, then anywhere on earth.
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973