Odlievanie funerálnej liatiny v zlievarňach rodiny Coburgovcov

The paper presents results of chemical and metallographic analysis of funeral castings produced in the second half of the 19th century and at the beginning of the 20th century in central Slovakia. The castings were collected from abandoned graves at cemeteries of villages in the upper Hron river region where the Coburg ironworks were the only producer of castings in that time. Analysed funeral castings consisted of grave crosses, grave fences and one casting situated on the grave plate