A casket, or a jewelry box is a receptacle for trinkets and jewels. It may take a very modest form, covered in leather and lined with satin, or it may reach the monumental proportions of the jewel cabinets which were made for Marie Antoinette, one of which is at Windsor, and another at Versailles, the work of Schwerdfeger as cabinet maker,and his assistant Michael Reyad, Degault as miniature painter, and Thomire as chaser. Caskets are often made in precious materials, such as gold, silver or iv… (More on Casket)