March w/ Aquamarine Stainless Steel Keepsake

Aquamarine sits at the center of this one: a heart-cut stone in pale blue-green, set into polished stainless steel. The body stands about an inch tall and fills through a small opening at the top. Steel of this grade keeps its color without polishing and does not react against skin.

This is a keepsake, not a full-size urn. It takes a spoonful of ashes at most, so most families order it alongside a larger urn or after a scattering. It suits a dresser, a jewelry box, or a memory chest kept with photographs, and it is light enough to carry in a bag without noticing it.

• Fills through the top opening; a small funnel and a sheet of paper make the job cleaner.
• Aquamarine is the March birthstone, so it reads as a birth month piece as well as a memorial one.
• Steel rather than sterling, which is why it costs less than the silver birthstone pieces.