keepsake box

Sentimental storage chest

A keepsake box is a container for storing items of sentimental value—letters, photographs, jewelry, locks of hair, ticket stubs.

Unlike jewelry boxes or filing cabinets, keepsake boxes are defined by emotional rather than practical purpose: She kept her grandmother's ring in a small keepsake box on the dresser.

They range from ornate carved wood to simple cardboard shoeboxes.

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passed down · trinket · jewelry · velvet · wooden · locket · lock of hair · letters · photographs · ribbon · baby shoes · childhood · grandmother · attic · tucked away · cedar · hope chest · memories

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purpose of storage

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relationship to contents

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Container for refuse

rubbish bin · garbage bin · donation box · garbage disposal · recycling bin

Family

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G