Any box used to bury the dead in is a coffin. Use of the word "casket" in this sense began as a euphemism introduced by the undertaker's trade in North America.

A "casket" was originally a box for jewelry. North Americans may draw a distinction between "coffins" and "caskets", using coffin to refer to a tapered hexagonal or octagonal box used for a burial and casket to refer to a rectangular burial box with a split lid used for viewing the deceased.

Receptacles for cremated human ashes are called urns. A coffin may be buried in the ground directly, placed in a burial vault or cremated. The above ground burial is in a mausoleum.

Funeral Coffins & Caskets

This Funeral Casket was fashioned from Poplar and Maple wood in the Old World Contemporary Coffin style.

It has a raised lid and solid wood handles. It is fully padded & lined in blue & white, sanded & finished to a high gloss. Sized to fit a standard vault.

Features

solid wood construction
one piece wood handles
sanded, stained & finished
raised lid
fully padded & lined
pillow
brass hardware

Contact Us by phone M-S 8am-6pm mt., toll free at 1-866-450-6290 or anytime by e-mail at sales@casketsbydesign.com or click here to leave us a message.