Carved Stone Italian Plague Marker d.1654A remarkable example of a 17th Century carved stone Italian Plague Marker, dated 1654. Such markers were often used during periods of widespread disease, particularly the bubonic plague, to commemorate the dead or indicate mass burial sites. On one side of the carving, a detailed depiction of the Crucified Christ is visible, with His outstretched body and a skull and crossbones beneath Him. The skull and crossbones, a common memento mori symbol,