Companion Brass Urn

Two people, one urn. This brass companion vessel is 11 inches long and 8 inches tall, wider than a single urn because it is built to take both sets of ashes at once. Brass gives it genuine weight, which matters on a shelf where it will be set down and then left alone.

Capacity is 400 cubic inches, split roughly evenly, covering two adults of about 200 pounds each under the standard one-inch-per-pound rule. It fills from the base, so both portions go in through the bottom and the closure stays out of sight. Many families fill one side years before the other, and the opening reopens cleanly when that day comes.

• 400 cubic inches in total, the usual figure quoted for a couple sharing one urn.
• Bottom opening that reopens later without damage when the second set of ashes is added.
• Eleven inches long and six deep, so check the shelf run as well as niche height.