coffin-plate

The carefully-packed articles were a coffin-plate and coronet.

A Pair of Blue Eyes 2006

And to tell the truth, my poor blue eyes fell away from the blackness of his, as if it had been my coffin-plate.

Lorna Doone Richard Doddridge 2004

The officer took up the coffin-plate inscribed, 'Thomas Paine, Aged 72.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 21, July, 1859 Various

Her coffin had been already made, (the coffin-plate giving her age, 75,) and stood leaning against the wall, but the body was preserved just as it fell, for the inspection of the jury.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 54, No. 338, December 1843 Various

"You leave that coffin-plate and epitaph with her," said the Cap'n, firmly.

The Skipper and the Skipped Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul Holman Day 1900

Then you go home to your wife and settle down, throw away that coffin-plate, tear up that epitaph, and stop this dyin 'habit.

The Skipper and the Skipped Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul Holman Day 1900

The red letters were indelible on every piece, from the gross of antique candle-moulds (against the kerosene's giving out) to an ancient coffin-plate, far oxidized, and engraved "Jones," which, the old man said, as he pried it off the side of the barn, "might come in handy any day."

The Hills of Hingham Dallas Lore Sharp 1899

Then he visited his own grave, and saw the month-old grass blowing upon it, and the little cross at the head; then he dug down through the soil, swept away the earth from his coffin-plate; drew the screws and lifted the lid ....

By What Authority? Robert Hugh Benson 1892

For his coffin-plate, charged with a common device,

The Parish Clerk 1892

Owen could not go because he had to finish the coffin-plate, which was only just commenced.

The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists Robert Tressell 1890