Cemetery Symbols: P is for Pitcher

What does a pitcher signify on a headstone?

PITCHER: Pitchers mean different things depending on where you are. If you are visiting a Jewish cemetery, then a pitcher at a grave site implies that the person descended from the tribe of Levi. (Levites washed the hands of their priests with water.)

 

If you are in the Christian section of a historic graveyard (as I was when I took the photo you see above), pitchers most often represent a woman of strong moral character, someone who was exceedingly generous, self-sacrificing, and charitable. It can also mean she was a prohibitionist, so pay attention to the dates on the headstone to see if she lived during America’s Prohibition Era (roughly 1920 – 1933.)

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