Freedom Memory Box / Urn

This one opens like a box rather than an urn: the whole top lifts away, leaving a wide flat interior that measures nine by ten and a half inches. The Freedom is low, six and a quarter inches tall, so it sits on a shelf without dominating it, and the flat top gives you somewhere to set a folded flag or a framed photograph.

Capacity is 200 cubic inches, which covers an adult up to about 200 pounds by the standard one-inch-per-pound rule. The top opening is the practical advantage of a box format: everything goes in at once, and there is room around the bag for a few small things a family wants kept together. It is wood, so keep it out of direct sun and away from a radiator.

• 200 cu in; suits an adult up to roughly 200 lb
• The full top opens for filling and for small mementos
• Needs 10.5 inches of shelf depth, more than an upright urn asks for