What most people want in the first weeks is somewhere settled to put their pet, and something to look at that is not a phone gallery. This does both: a solid timber box that holds the ashes, with a photograph framed into the front, and a small holder for a posy, so there is something to change and tend when you want to be doing something rather than only sitting with it.

The timber is solid rather than veneered board, which is the difference between something that stays on a mantelpiece for twenty years and something that swells at a corner. The frame sits in the front face so the picture is what you see, not the box, and the styling is deliberately plain, with no scrollwork and no motto, so it reads as a piece of furniture in an ordinary front room rather than as funeral goods.

• Solid wood construction in two finishes
• Built-in photo frame in the front panel
• Small posy holder for fresh or dried flowers
• Plain styling with no lettering or motifs
• Brown and dark brown options
• Suited to a shelf or a mantelpiece

On capacity, which matters here. Tell us the volume your crematorium quotes and we will measure a unit before you order. The manufacturer's copy also mentions several sizes and an engraving service; only the two finishes above are available to us, and we cannot engrave.

Who it's for: Anyone who has just lost a cat or dog and wants the ashes and a photograph kept together in something plain and solid rather than ornamental.