Coffin Plate
Donor Name:Michael Berry
Date: 1891
Item #: M972.0007.001
Date: 1891
Item #: M972.0007.001
Coffin plates are decorations attached to the coffin, usually stating the name and details of the deceased. Surviving coffin plates like this on were likely removed by the family before burial and kept as a memento.
- Coffin plate for Frederick J. E. Tichborne who died on February 27, 1891, at the age of 6 months and 28 days.