Black Floral Adult Brass Urn

Black enamel with painted flowers around the body is the whole design here, and the contrast is what people react to: bright petalwork against a matte dark ground, with brass showing at the rim and foot. The urn is 6.5 inches across and 10.5 inches tall.

Capacity is a standard 200 cubic inches, right for an adult who weighed up to about 200 pounds. The lid lifts off the top, so you fill it upright and set the lid back down. It is a home-display urn first, and it is one of the pages families come back to most often when they want something less formal than plain brass but not bright.

• Top opening; the lid lifts away and reseats on the rim
• Floral pattern is applied by hand, so no two are exactly alike
• Engraving is offered on this page; the plain foot band takes text best