486 Comments for Crypt of Barons

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Is that....ummmm...grass on the handle? How'd THAT get there? When the Count was returning early this morning, (Just before sunrise)maybe?
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That is a very ornate casket in the lower right corner....I agree Ladyhawke...Dark Shadows.....LOVED that show as a kid.....
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Good catch!

So, how creepy would it have been to have been in this crypt when the medallion fell off into the handle like that?

*clink*

(!!!) whatwasthat?
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It really does look like a scene out of Dark Shadows. Or an Anne Rice novel.
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Love the window and design of the arches in this cript.
May anyone else who enters here also, just "take pictures, leave footprints."
Another beautiful gallery, Motts!
Thanks so much!
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I can't recall the dates on these to know how long they have been here... probably from the late 1800's to early 1900's.

Yes those are crowns above the handles. There seemed to be an outer cloth covering the wood casket liner that has rippled and torn, much like the ones found in the psych hospital: http://www.opacity.us/image2422_corner.htm
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I wonder how long it took to make one of these. Also, if one or more people created it.
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THAT is SO beautiful!
Looks like golden sunlight with clouds drifting by.
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It looked like one of the oldest ones, although some didn't seem to have any plaques, and the ones up top were difficult to see...
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So, they did use cloth!
That's really different!
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You wonder what kind of life this person led.
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Motts~You had pointed out the fact that the cript had a 3 leaf clover design for a window..
This crown also bears leaves with 3 leaves to some of them.
I wonder if that why the window is that shape?
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THIS has also been one of my favorite pics ever since Motts had those teaser pics of his trip put up on his main page!
I would have been so tempted to try this on.
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Looking at it more...is it made out of wood or cloth? The damage to it almost looks like decaying rippled and ripped fabric.
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I love the different lighting of the stone in the front and back of the coffin.
Such a beautiful blue in the back!
It looks like the wood is made of mahogany. Those must be crowns above the handles?