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J, DAVID GILLESPIE, STONECUTTER

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Drayton Hall: Charleston SC
Drayton Hall is the oldest unrestored home in America dating to 1738.

Drayton Hall: Charleston SC

Blue Black Welsh Slate

Rectangular with Angled Face

Raised panel center with Ogee Moulding.


Drayton Family Crest David carved from John Henry Drayton's original design he drew in an 18th century letter. 

Dr Carter Hudgins, left, President of Drayton Hall Preservation Trust, and David Gillespie, right, set the stone at Drayton along the Ashley River. 

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Blue Black Slate

Honed Face

18th Century Lettering

April 2022

Hourglass with Wings

Installed in Northern Virginia

Purple Slate
Honed Face
18th Century Thomas Walker style Lettering

Reverse Cyma Top Shape

Incised Moulding
2022
Installed in  Virginia

Detail on Top of Purple Slate

Reverse Cyma Top Shape

Incised Moudling

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Blue Black Slate

Honed Face

Incised Moulding

18th Century Lettering

Simple, Clean Look

June 2021

This stone will be installed in the  

Congressional Cemetery in Washington DC. This is the same cemetery that includes burials of

J Edgar Hoover

John Philip Sousa

Tobias Lear personal secretary to George Washington

Push-Ma-Ta-Ha Choctaw Indian Chief who fought alongside Andrew Jackson in War of 1812

Matthew Brady 

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Detail of above stone, v cut lettering.

18th Century Lettering Style all drawn and carved by hand.

Detail on Congressional Cemetery Stone

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Vermont Green Slate

Natural Cleft Face

Incised Moulding

18th Century Lettering

Simple, Rustic Look

Dec 2020

Detail of above stone, v cut lettering.

Not perfect but intentionally rough to show striations.

 

Vermont Green Slate
Natural Cleft Face
Incised Moulding
18th Century Lettering
Simple, Rustic Look

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Blue Black Slate

Lamson Style 1690-1750

Tri Arch Shaped Top

Lamson Style lettering

Set in Norwalk, CT

Detail of Lamson Stone above. The Death Head was just a universal symbol of mortality and a very common symbol used for folks of all walks of life. 

 

Blue Black Slate
Ledger Style or Set Flat
Roman Lettering
Incised Border
Set in Bremo Bluff, Va

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Detail of above Ledger Stone. This letter is a Roman letter of the 1st century AD. It simply never goes out of style. You can see the Three Dimensional shape to the inside of the letter form that the light will catch and create a most visually appealing character. 

Blue Black Slate

Reverse Cyma Top

Natural Cleft Face

My Lettering Style

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Detail of Kinkead Stone above to show Natural Cleft Texture

Blue Black Slate

Walker Style Top 

Thomas Walker (1790s) Script Lettering and My lettering

Edisto Island, SC

 The above shown Lindsay Stone after set in this Ethereal scene in Edisto Island, SC. Other stones in this cemetery were carved by Thomas Walker (1793-1838) whose lettering and style I used on this slate. 

Blue Black Slate
Beveled and Tri Arched Top
In the Style of Henry Emmes, Boston 1750s
This family wanted a unique design with Monties favorite things, so we included his Soccer Ball, Army Helmet, Playstation Controller, Book and Dog Dino.

Top of the Montie Gregory Stone. 

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Blue Black Slate

Foot stone Ledger Style to be set flat.

Emmes style (1750s) stippled background. This technique is an easy way to add life and vitality , as well as richness to the overall appeal of a stone.

 David Gillespie carving at the SC Powder Magazine ca 1713, the oldest public building in SC. My own stlye, I draw from the stylistic vocabulary of hundreds of the most ornamented gravestones in the country only a "stones throw" from this very spot.


 Blue Black Slate

Codner Style Stone

Codner Top Shape

1740s-50s Era Inspired

 David Gillespie carving at the SC Powder Magazine ca 1713, the oldest public 

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Blue Black Slate

Ledger Style Flat Mount

12" by 24" appx

Simple Bead Border

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Blue Black Slate

Plaque for Children's Garden

Set into Brick Wall

Greenville SC

Puritan Lettering 1660's to 1720s

Blue Black Slate

Codner Style Stone

Codner Top Shape

1740s-50s Era Inspired

In Progress

My signature, I carve on most every stone at the bottom right typically. I make sure it is small and unobtrusive. Client can request the signature not to be added,

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