Child-sized metal urn

Made:
Europe
maker:
Unknown

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

Details

Category:
Public Health & Hygiene
Object Number:
2000-109
Materials:
metal
Measurements:
overall: 170 mm 160 mm, .18kg
type:
urns
credit:
General Cemetery Company

Parts

Child-sized metal urn, used by crematorium to send remains by post, Europe, 1999

Child-sized urn

Child-sized metal urn, used by crematorium to send remains by post, Europe, 1999

Measurements:
overall: 160 mm 140 mm, .1829 kg
Materials:
plastic (unidentified)
Object Number:
2000-109/1
type:
cinerary urn
Cardboard box for child-sized urn

Cardboard box for child-sized urn

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

Measurements:
overall: 170 mm x 160 mm
Materials:
cardboard
Object Number:
2000-109/2
type:
box - container
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

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