Casket

Casket

A casket, or a jewellery box is a receptacle for trinkets and jewels. It may take a very modest form, covered in leather and lined with satin, or it may reach the monumental proportions of the jewel cabinets which were made for Marie Antoinette, one of which is at Windsor, and another at Versailles, the work of Schwerdfeger as cabinet maker, Degault as miniature painter, and Thomire as chaser.

Caskets are often made in precious materials, such as gold, silver or ivory. In ancient East Asia, caskets often made in wood, china, or covered with silk. Some of these caskets could be collected as decorative boxes.


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  • Casket — Cas ket, n. [Cf. F. casquet, dim. of casque belmet, fr. Sp. casco.] 1. A small chest or box, esp. of rich material or ornamental character, as for jewels, etc. [1913 Webster] The little casket bring me hither. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. A kind of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • casket — In America and some other English speaking countries outside Britain, casket is used as an alternative for coffin. In BrE, a casket is a container for funerary ashes …   Modern English usage

  • Casket — Cas ket, v. t. To put into, or preserve in, a casket. [Poetic] I have casketed my treasure. Shak. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • casket — [kas′kit, käs′kit] n. [ME, prob. < NormFr cassette, dim. of casse, CASE2; k by analogy with CASK] 1. a small box or chest, as for valuables ☆ 2. a coffin, esp. a costly one vt. to put into a casket …   English World dictionary

  • Casket — Cas ket, n. (Naut.) A gasket. See {Gasket}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Casket — (Kasquet), eine helmartige Kopfbedeckung einiger Armeen die aus dem Kasten, dem Vorder , dem Hinterschirme, dem Schweife von Bärenfell od. der wollenen Raupe u. dem Beschlage bestehet …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • casket — mid 15c., small box for jewels, etc., possibly formed as a dim. of English CASK (Cf. cask), or from M.Fr. casset (see CASSETTE (Cf. cassette)). Meaning coffin is Amer.Eng., probably euphemistic, first attested 1849. Caskets! a vile modern phrase …   Etymology dictionary

  • casket — [n] burial box bin, carton, case, chest, coffer, crate, funerary box, pine box, pinto, sarcophagus, wood overcoat*; concepts 368,494 …   New thesaurus

  • casket — ► NOUN 1) a small ornamental box or chest for holding valuable objects. 2) chiefly N. Amer. a coffin. ORIGIN perhaps a variant of Old French cassette little box …   English terms dictionary

  • casket — noun (AmE) ⇨ See also ↑coffin ADJECTIVE ▪ wooden ▪ closed, open ▪ an open casket funeral ▪ flag draped ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

  • casket — [[t]kɑ͟ːskɪt, kæ̱sk [/t]] caskets 1) N COUNT A casket is a small box in which you keep valuable things. [LITERARY] 2) N COUNT A casket is a coffin. [mainly AM] …   English dictionary

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