Old Pa Pitt always wonders how much snickering there was at the monument dealer’s when this order came in. This is a typical Victorian obelisk with the dangerous pointy end heavily shrouded. Behind it is the even taller Adams obelisk.

A heavily shrouded obelisk from about 1880, the drapery rendered in a chunky and abstract fashion. Old Pa Pitt sometimes wonders whether there is a certain amount of giggling at the undertaker’s whenever a customer named Coffin comes in.