A tall round casket is often called a pyxis, after a shape in Ancient Greek pottery; these were popular in Islamic art, often made from a section of the ivory tusk of an elephant.
The house-shaped chasse is a very common shape for reliquaries in the Early and High Middle Ages, often in Limoges enamel, but some were also secular.
The Embriachi workshop in north Italy, and their imitators, specialized in "marriage caskets", presumed to have been presented to a bride-to-be by her new in-laws.
[4] Later in the 15th century caskets decorated in pastiglia, a type of moulded plaster or gesso, became common for similar purposes.
A knottekistje is a Dutch type of wedding casket, typically in silver, given by the bridegroom to the bride, containing coins.