Identify and estimate this antique safe.

Hello everyone,

I need an estimation of this antique safe which belonged to my grandfather, and before to his father.

All I actually know about this safe is that my grandfather (who died in 2014) already had this safe decades before he married my grandmother in 1960.

The external dimension of the safe : 111cmx73cmx52cm



Internal picture :

 

At least 19th century but could be older. Built like a strong-box. Can't say I have seen anything quite like it here in the US. Using search terms; antique strong box safe, brings up some similar. Some fancier ones are listed as 18th century. Plainer ones are mostly designated as early to mid-19th century.

 

looks like a Dalek.......kinda!

 

You sure arent toting that thing off ! I bet it weighs a ton,literally ! Dont ask me why but I thought maybe from India.

 

Thank you all for your responses.

So, I googled the safe and it seems to be a Magaud De Charf from the mid 19th century like Verybrad said. https://www.leewrightantiques.co.uk...-19th-century-large-french-wrought-iron-safe/ https://www.proantic.com/en/1104028-nail-safe.html

The estimated price is around $12,000. The safe is in Mauritius island, but if someone is interested, we can arrange a transport because our populations is not very interested in this kind of stuff.

 

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Oh, I did not know that. Sorry for the mistake, is there any way to edit my message ? And also, I saw a market place section, can I post my advertise in Sell or Auction ?

Thank you.

 

It's ok to leave it stand.....for others to learn !

you can use the Sell Forum when you have more than a dozen posts , but it's not very active as a tool.

 

I have to show this to my husband. We have lots of people asking us to sell used safes for them, but never saw one like this!