The Sad hour
During the 19th century, the Victorians were very superstitious. When a person died, it was intended that all the clocks in the house be stopped at the exact time of that person's death. The needles of these then remained motionless until the funeral.
The Victorians believed that time stopped at the moment of death and that a new existence would begin without it. If the clocks were not stopped, the spirit of the deceased would remain to haunt the living and bad luck would befall everyone who lived in the house.
At the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century, Victorians can buy what is called "The sad hour". These are small metal clocks, their hands are arranged to give the time of death of the deceased person and they are decorated with gold or silver.
On these were engraved the name and information about the deceased. Due to their rarity in the market, these were so expensive that the people who could afford to buy them were the wealthy upper classes.
But some cheaper plates existed. On these, we could find engravings like "Mother", "Our darling" or "At rest".
These plates were then placed on the coffin of the deceased, in order to decorate it and accompany it underground.
Here are some authentic photos from the time:
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My sources :
https://historydaily.org/feeding-bottles-of-the-victorian-era
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcTeLx5lNIA&t=3090s