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What is the difference between a coffin and a casket?
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The difference between coffins and caskets is that coffins have six sides and are tapered to the human form. Caskets have a rectangular shape with four sides. There are selections of both coffins and caskets from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
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"Springtime Landscape" William Anderson Coffin, American Impressionism Barbizon
By William Anderson Coffin
Located in New York, NY
William Anderson Coffin (1855 - 1925)
Springtime Landscape, circa 1910
Oil on canvas
30 x 24 inches
Category
1910s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Hearse & Coffin
By Pieter van Cuyck
Located in Houston, TX
Beautifully detailed 18th century Dutch copper engraving of hearse and coffin by PV Cuyck, 1754
Category
1750s Figurative Prints
Materials
Engraving
Canaanite Anthropoid Coffin Lid - 12th-10th century BC
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Rare Canaanite Anthropoid Coffin Lid
Terra Cotta
12th – 10th Century BC
Provenance:
Public
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Israeli Archaistic Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
The Boys of '76 by Charles Carleton Coffin, 1876
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Coffin, Charles Carleton. The Boys of ‘76. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1876. First Edition
Category
Antique 1870s American American Colonial Books
Materials
Leather, Fabric, Paper
An Oak Joint Coffin Stool, Occasional Table, Sewing Box
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
An Oak Joint coffin stool, occasional table, sewing box
This a good Oak Joint or Joined Stool
Category
Early 20th Century Gothic Stools
Materials
Oak
19th c. D.R. Barton Smooth Coffin Plane c.1832
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
Rare D handled smooth coffin plane.
CREATOR D.R. Barton.
DATE OF MANUFACTURE c
Category
Antique 19th Century Industrial Scientific Instruments
Materials
Steel
