When Jill Testa’s 20-year marriage ended in 2006, she and her husband split up their material goods “mutually and amicably.” There was just one nagging residual. What should she do with her wedding ring?

The answer came to Testa at an unlikely event: a funeral. “It just really hit me,” said Testa, 49, of New York City. Today, she and her brother, Steve, run weddingringcoffin.com, an online site that sells miniature caskets to display rings and symbolize a dead marriage.

The coffins, priced from $30 to $35, measure about 6 inches long, are made of solid wood with a dark, mahogany finish, and are lined with black velvet. A split lid allows for an open or closed casket. Customers may choose from one of six engraved brass plaques, with messages ranging from the hopeful – “Bury the past and move on” – to the cynical, “Six feet isn’t deep enough!”

Some buyers prefer to choose their own message, such as one ex-husband whose plaque reads: “You should have learned to play golf.”

Testa, the mother of a 19-year-old, keeps her own tiny coffin on a shelf. She never envisioned people actually burying them but, she said, “if it makes people feel better to bury it, or toss it in a river, then that’s a good thing.”