#custom coffins

Custom Coffins

It may seem like a waste to spend a lot of money on a custom coffin to be buried in, but some folks want to go into eternity with a symbol. For some, it might be nerdy or even a hobby, perhaps an obsession.

The ancient sarcophagus and death masks were perhaps the first “custom” caskets.

In the Victorian Era, there was a fear of being buried alive and thus a bell was rigged to the interior of the coffin so the person could ring a bell above ground and perhaps a conscious gravedigger might hear it and help them out.

In that same era, postmortem photos were popular to capture a relative’s face, perhaps for the first time in a photograph so that they could be remembered.

Custom Coffins

It may seem like a waste to spend a lot of money on a custom coffin to be buried in, but some folks want to go into eternity with a symbol. For some, it might be nerdy or even a hobby, perhaps an obsession.

The ancient sarcophagus and death masks were perhaps the first “custom” caskets.

In the Victorian Era, there was a fear of being buried alive and thus a bell was rigged to the interior of the coffin so the person could ring a bell above ground and perhaps a conscious gravedigger might hear it and help them out.

In that same era, postmortem photos were popular to capture a relative’s face, perhaps for the first time in a photograph so that they could be remembered.