{"title":"Memory Chests","description":"\u003cp\u003eWooden memory chests that hold more than ashes, room for photos, letters, and small keepsakes alongside the urn itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost of these take a full adult set, which at about one cubic inch per pound of body weight means roughly 180 cu in for a 180 lb adult, with a separate space for the things that came with them. They read as a box on a shelf rather than announcing themselves as an urn, and that is exactly why some families choose one. Chests are usually wider than a standard urn, so measure carefully if the piece has to fit a niche.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"salzburg-memory-box-urn","title":"Salzburg Memory Box \/ Urn","description":"\u003cp\u003eUnder the lid sits 220 cubic inches of interior, more than most adult urns hold, and the reason this box works as an urn and not only as a keepsake chest. Outside it measures 15.75 inches wide, 10.5 inches deep, and 11 inches tall, and it opens from the top.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo hundred and twenty cubic inches suits an adult of up to about 220 pounds on the cubic inch per pound rule that funeral homes use. There is room left over alongside for a few flat keepsakes: letters, a service card, photographs. It is built for a shelf or a dresser at home and is not rated for burial or for a columbarium niche.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e220 cu in, covering an adult up to roughly 220 lb with room to spare\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNeeds 10.5 in of shelf depth, more than a standard bookshelf gives you\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEngraving can be added on this page before you check out\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"UrnWorth","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44653145456733,"sku":"22036","price":232.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0744\/5440\/1117\/files\/22036.jpg?v=1784054381"},{"product_id":"florence-memory-box-urn","title":"Florence Memory Box \/ Urn","description":"\u003cp\u003eLarger than an urn and shaped like a chest, the Florence measures fourteen and a half inches across, ten deep and twelve and a half tall. That is furniture scale rather than shelf scale. The extra volume is deliberate: the ashes go in, and there is still room for letters, photographs, a watch or a pair of glasses.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUrn capacity is 250 cubic inches, which covers an adult up to about 250 pounds. Everything loads from the top, so you can open it again later to add something without unscrewing a base plate. Families who cannot decide between an urn and a keepsake box tend to end up here. Give it a low table, a closet shelf or the top of a dresser rather than a mantel, since at this size a mantel will look crowded.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e250 cu in of urn capacity plus room for mementos\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e14.5 in wide, 10 in deep and 12.5 in tall\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpens from the top and can be reopened later\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"UrnWorth","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44653145489501,"sku":"22030","price":267.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0744\/5440\/1117\/files\/22030.png?v=1784054381"},{"product_id":"salzburg-life-chest","title":"Salzburg Life Chest","description":"\u003cp\u003eWide and low, the Salzburg is a chest rather than an urn shape — 24 inches across and 17.5 inches tall, with a hinged top that opens onto the whole interior at once. It is built to hold ashes together with the other things a death leaves behind: photographs, letters, a watch, a folded flag.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo capacity figure is published for the interior, so if the ashes are going inside, measure the crematory container before ordering rather than assuming it will drop in. The chest is meant to live in the open, on a sideboard or a low shelf where the family can lift the lid. Wood marks, so keep it off a sunny windowsill and away from a radiator.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHinged top; the full interior is reachable in one movement\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHolds keepsakes alongside the ashes, not the ashes on their own\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAt 24 inches wide it needs a sideboard or a low shelf, and will overhang a side table\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"UrnWorth","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44653220298845,"sku":"71569","price":257.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0744\/5440\/1117\/files\/71569.jpg?v=1784054983"},{"product_id":"colonial-life-chest","title":"Colonial Life Chest","description":"\u003cp\u003eTwenty-six inches wide and eighteen tall, this is a chest rather than an urn in the usual sense. The interior takes ashes alongside photographs, letters, a folded flag, or whatever else a family wants kept together in one place. It opens from the top.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause it is furniture-sized, measure the shelf, sideboard, or closet space you have in mind before ordering. A chest this large usually lives in a study or a bedroom rather than on a mantel. Families who are not ready to decide between keeping the ashes and scattering them often use one as somewhere to hold everything while they think it through.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e26 in wide by 18 in tall; measure your space before you order\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTop opening, with room for keepsakes and documents as well as ashes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe largest of the life chests at 26 inches wide, so a mantel will not take it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"UrnWorth","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44653220888669,"sku":"71554","price":257.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0744\/5440\/1117\/files\/71554.jpg?v=1784054988"},{"product_id":"florence-life-chest","title":"Florence Life Chest","description":"\u003cp\u003eTwenty-four inches wide and nineteen inches tall, the Florence is a wooden chest rather than a conventional urn. The lid lifts from the top, so the interior stays open and reachable instead of being sealed from below. Ashes go in alongside whatever else you want kept in the same place: photographs, letters, a folded flag, a watch.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA chest this size is meant to sit out — on a dresser, a bookshelf, a hearth, not tucked into a niche. Because the interior is one open compartment, most families keep the ashes in the bag or plastic liner from the funeral home and set the mementos around it. Measure your shelf depth before ordering; this is a substantial piece.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTop-opening hinged lid, no hardware needed to fill\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe wood is not specified for this chest; ask us if you need to know before ordering\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFree ground shipping, with orders leaving in one to two business days\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"UrnWorth","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44653221380189,"sku":"71557","price":257.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0744\/5440\/1117\/files\/71557.jpg?v=1784054990"},{"product_id":"dynasty-life-chest","title":"Dynasty Life Chest","description":"\u003cp\u003eBroad and low at 24.5 inches wide and 16.5 inches tall, this wooden chest is closer to a piece of furniture than to a container. It opens from the top, and the interior is one open volume rather than a fitted compartment, so what goes in is entirely up to the family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA chest this size is usually chosen when the ashes are only part of what is being kept: a uniform, albums, a christening gown, papers. It sits at the foot of a bed or against a wall in a study. Because the interior is undivided, families often keep the ashes in a smaller urn placed inside the chest rather than loose in the bag.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUndivided interior, so measure any inner urn you plan to set inside it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTop-opening lid on a chest 24.5 in wide by 16.5 in tall\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSolid wood at this size will check if it sits against a radiator or in a sunny bay\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"UrnWorth","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44653226590301,"sku":"71555","price":257.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0744\/5440\/1117\/files\/71555.jpg?v=1784055041"},{"product_id":"athenian-life-chest","title":"Athenian Life Chest","description":"\u003cp\u003eLift the lid and this chest opens into one undivided interior. At 25 inches wide and 17.5 inches tall it is the largest of the wooden life chests, which matters if the plan is to keep clothing or framed photographs rather than only papers and small things.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFamilies use a chest this size two ways: as the urn itself, with the ashes placed inside still sealed in their bag, or as a keeping-place with a smaller urn standing in it among everything else. Either works. It is a display piece for a bedroom or a study, not something to be buried or set into a niche.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLargest of the wood chests at 25 in wide by 17.5 in tall\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne open interior with no tray or divider, so anything tall goes in upright\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFree ground shipping, and it leaves the warehouse within 1-2 business days\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"UrnWorth","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44653227868253,"sku":"71552","price":257.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0744\/5440\/1117\/files\/71552.jpg?v=1784055048"},{"product_id":"sicilian-life-chest","title":"Sicilian Life Chest","description":"\u003cp\u003eWood grain is the whole of the decoration on this chest. There is no carving, inlay, or motif to work around, which is the reason it takes an engraved plate more cleanly than the more ornamented chests do. It measures 24 inches wide and 16.5 inches tall and opens from the top.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDimensionally it lands within half an inch of the Dynasty chest, so the choice between the two comes down to finish rather than size. Either keeps the ashes together with the things that belong with them: service programs, photographs, a watch. Put it somewhere it can be opened, because a chest that has to be moved to be used stops being used.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e24 in wide by 16.5 in tall, opening from the top\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePlain finish, which takes an engraved name plate without competing with it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDust with a dry cloth and keep it out of direct sun to slow finish fading\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"UrnWorth","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44653228032093,"sku":"71570","price":257.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0744\/5440\/1117\/files\/71570.jpg?v=1784055049"},{"product_id":"regent-life-chest","title":"Regent Life Chest","description":"\u003cp\u003eNineteen and a half inches tall makes this the deepest of the four life chests, and depth is the spec that decides whether a folded flag case or a stack of albums will actually go in. The footprint stays at 24 inches wide, so it takes up no more floor space than the shallower models do.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe lid opens from the top onto a single undivided interior. Because the ashes share that space with everything else, most families leave them in the sealed funeral home bag or set them in a small inner urn, then arrange the rest around it. This is a chest for a room in the house, not for burial or for a niche.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDeepest of the chests at 19.5 in, on a 24 in wide footprint\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMeasure the tallest item you intend to keep in it before you order\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSits on the floor or a low bench; a standard shelf will not carry a chest this size\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"UrnWorth","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44653228458077,"sku":"71568","price":257.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0744\/5440\/1117\/files\/71568.jpg?v=1784055050"},{"product_id":"prague-memory-box-urn","title":"Prague Memory Box \/ Urn","description":"\u003cp\u003ePhotographs, letters, a folded service card: this wooden box is built to keep those in the same place as the ashes, which is the whole point of a memory chest. It measures 12 inches wide by 8 deep and 8.5 inches tall, and the lid opens from the top.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInterior capacity is 200 cubic inches, enough for an adult up to about 200 pounds at the standard cubic inch per pound. Most families set it on a shelf or a dresser where it can actually be opened rather than sealing it away, and it is not intended for burial or for a columbarium niche. 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