Modern Purple Brass Keepsake

Families who want a second keepsake to sit alongside the modern red one usually land here. The purple is a gloss lacquer over brass, the profile is squared rather than rounded, and the height is 3.25 inches. The lid threads on at the top.

It takes 4 cubic inches of ashes, a token share rather than a full set. Where it ends up is usually a shelf beside its pair, or inside a memory box with a photograph and a folded note. There is no gasket in the lid, so keep it upright once it is filled and move it with the lid uppermost.

• Gloss purple over brass in a squared modern profile
• No gasket in the lid, so store and carry it upright
• Lacquer over brass, so a scratch shows the yellow metal underneath rather than blending in