Plastic urn with cardboard box

Made:
1999 in Europe
maker:
Unknown

Adult-sized plastic urn, with cardboard box, used by crematorium to send remains by post, Europe, 1999

Details

Category:
Public Health & Hygiene
Object Number:
2000-107
Materials:
plastic
Measurements:
overall: 320 mm x 130 mm x 130 mm, 150 mm, .19kg
type:
urns
credit:
General Cemetery Company

Parts

Adult-sized plastic urn, used by crematorium to send remains by post, Europe, 1999

Adult-sized urn

Adult-sized plastic urn, used by crematorium to send remains by post, Europe, 1999

Measurements:
overall: 300 mm x 130 mm x 130 mm, .1938 kg
Materials:
plastic (unidentified)
Object Number:
2000-107/1
type:
cinerary urn
Box for urn

Box for urn

Cardboard box for adult-sized plastic urn, used by crematorium to send remains by post, Europe, 1999

Measurements:
overall: 130 mm x 130 mm x 320 mm,
Materials:
cardboard
Object Number:
2000-107/2
type:
box - container
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

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