A bronze door-knocker, its ring hanging from a circular plaque cast with a lion mask, was simply cataloged as dating from the "11-12th century," without any provenance.
At No. 238, a plaque near the cast iron lintels commemorates Helen Buckler, 1894-1988, who bought the house in 1962 and is credited with christening the neighborhood Boerum Hill and striking the first sputtering match of renewal.
The people cast huge copper disks and plaques and made special burial urns for their children, even reserving cemetery areas in a touching demonstration of affection.
To unify the space, the Kilgores replaced the original lattice work in the alcoves with a series of 12 plaster plaques of classical themes that they had cast in Paris (the originals are in the Louvre).
A turquoise-inlaid gold plaque in the form of a stylized panther cast somewhere in the Ordos area, which the collector bought in the 1950s, is an outstanding example of its kind.
DENVER — In much of the nation, "monument" is an innocuous word, conjuring up images of historical figures cast in bronze or road-side plaques few stop to read.
This plaque, which Mr. Stott, designed, is now about to be cast, and when ready will be attached to the Vanderbilt Avenue wall of the Yale Club, Tells about the change in the wording.
And a plaque remembering the sinking of the USS Maine, actually cast from its wreckage: I met my guides from ESDC and we headed inside the building.
