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Garden ornaments


Lawn ornaments are decorative objects placed in the grassy area of a property.

Animal forms: Popular animal statues such as frogs, turtles, rabbits, or ducks cast in plastic or cement.

Bathtub madonna: A statue of Mary the mother of Jesus placed in a bathtub half buried under the ground. Statues of Mary are most often made of white concrete but are sometimes painted with a blue garment.

Bird bath: A structure designed to hold water for birds to bathe in or drink, generally supported upon a pedestal.

Bird feeder: stake, post, or column mounted types.

Found art: i.e. recycled bowling balls, toilet planters, farm equipment antiques.

Francis of Assisi: A saint often associated with nature and animals.

Garden gnome: A small, generally colorful gnome statuette.

Human form: A depiction of a human being. Human form lawn ornaments can be two-dimensional, generally vertically supported by being thrust in the ground, or three-dimensional. Examples of human form lawn ornaments include the Concrete Aboriginal, lawn jockey and groomsman. Examples of two-dimensional human form lawn ornaments include renditions of Amish and Pennsylvania Dutch people. A variation of the Pennsylvania Dutch human form is a depiction of an older female bending over as in gardening, thus revealing her undergarments.

Jigglers: Plastic or metal flowers, birds and insects fitted on spring-loaded stakes so that they jiggle when the wind blows on them.

Lawn jockey, or Jocko, or Groomsmen: an often diminutive statuette of a black horse attendant dressed in slave clothing, also called a Jocko. Groomsmen were often used as hitching posts. The origin of the groomsman is disputed, but it is accepted that they originated in the U.S. South. No longer as common since the civil rights movement. The "Cavalier" variation typically depicts a white figure. One legend has it that the first Groomsman was created at the commission of George Washington.


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