Casket
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[[Image:Casket ivory Louvre UCAD4417.jpg|right|thumb|250px|A casket made of ivory with carved decoration and engraved silver.]]
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A '''casket''', or a '''jewelry box''' is a receptacle for [[trinket]]s and [[Gemstone|jewels]]. It may take a very modest form, covered in [[leather]] and lined with satin, or it may reach the monumental proportions of the jewel cabinets which were made for [[Marie Antoinette]], one of which is at [[Windsor]], and another at [[Versailles]], the work of [[Schwerdfeger]] as [[cabinet maker]], Degault as miniature painter, and Thomire as [[chaser]].
Caskets are often made in precious materials, such as [[gold]], [[silver]] or [[ivory]]. In ancient [[East Asia]], caskets often made in [[wood]], [[Porcelain|china]], or covered with [[silk]]. Some of these caskets could be collected as [[decorative boxes]].
[[Category:Containers]]
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