Black Coffin Shaped Tin (military?)

didn’t want to put this in military as I very much doubt it is, why would there be any need for this shape? It’s just the look of the tin and the latche looking fixtures that look a little like military tin trunks and other items.

Does anybody know what it is?
It looks like the exact dimensions of a coffin right why would it need a little inner tray

 

Doll's coffin? Cigar-box? Snuffbox? Practice coffin for midget pallbearers?

Toys for the undertaker's daughters?

 

Judging by the mat, I'd say an inch or two wide, and maybe 6-7 inches long?

 

Elvira doll?

 

Is that an inner tray or is it the lid?

 

Here are the measurements they provided, sorry they’re in metric here. I’ve found in the UK people over around forty use imperial measurements and younger than that often know metric.

Well it looks like there is a lid and an inner tray aswell.

 

We're having our house renovated. We had to remove all the furniture and 2/3 of it in storage. When we had to move our piano (a grand) the lady at the storage-facility asked me how big it was.

I said: "Six feet long" (because that's what it says in the paperwork, and I've always called it a 6ft grand, which it is), and she had absolutely no idea what I just said.

 

I saw a gee-gaw (lol) on Ebay some time ago that had a coffin much like that one and when you flipped the lid a skeleton sat up in it, not saying this is one but the coffin sure looks like it ... Joy.

 

OH my goodness .. 40 miles !!! .. you were in GREAT shape Davey, I would have collapsed after 3 miles. .. Joy.

 

Could be all those? Don’t think I’ll buy it, too uneasy at it. The material and the look just don’t line up with things like a salesman sample which would be perfect.
Still a cool thing though.

Sorry about the metric imperial thing haha I didn’t mean to touch a nerve. It’s just my dad and most peoples go to measure for something they see out and about is in inches whereas everyone fairly young generally goes with cm in England I think.

 

Masonic or Fraternity most likely. What do they want for it? I might be interested.

 

It’s on eBay UK for £40 starting bid. It has one bid on it

392080108207 Item no.

 

ah, a bit out of my price range with that shipping charge. thank you though.

 

memento mori