Countersunk vase especially for graves

Abstract

A countersunk vase of the type used for graves has a vase mounted for raising and lowering from a hole and an arrangement for holding the vase in a raised position including an apertured fastening plate, through which the vase is raised and lowered, and stay projections on the vase. Additionally, the vase is provided at a lower end with a stop collar of larger diameter than the diameter of the aperture of the apertured fastening plate, and at least two of the above-noted stay projections are positioned in a plane located above the stop collar on the periphery of the vase to engage against the fastening plate for supporting the vase in a raised position and for passing through recesses formed on the inner circumference of the aperture of the fastening plate for lowering thereof. In accordance with a preferred embodiment, the vase has a flower divider secured in its head by a bayonet arrangement and which has holes that allow engagement of fingers of a user therethrough for the purpose of manipulating the vase for effectuating raising and lowering thereof.

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