Casket (decorative box)

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.

An Italian jewelry casket, 1857, carved walnut, lined with red velvet
Embriachi workshop , "Bridal Casket with Scenes from the Life of Paris", c. 1430. Carved bone plaques, and certosina inlays.
A casket made of ivory and wood with carved decoration and engraved silver, dated 355 AH (1444 or 1445 AD )
Cylindrical ivory casket, Siculo-Arabic , The Hunt Museum
Pastiglia casket made for Cardinal Bernardo Clesio , whose arms allow it to be dated to 1530–38