J&E STEVENS BURGLAR PROOF HOUSE SAFE COMBINATION BANK NICKEL PLATED CAST IRON

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J&E STEVENS BURGLAR PROOF HOUSE SAFE COMBINATION BANK NICKEL PLATED CAST IRON. ORIGINAL. PATENTED 1897.
DESCRIPTION:
J&E STEVENS BURGLAR PROOF HOUSE SAFE COMBINATION BANK, NICKEL PLATED CAST IRON. THE FRONT SAYS "BURGLAR PROOF" "HOUSE SAFE". THIS IS A LARGE AND HEAVY BANK AND BECAUSE OF THAT IT WAS MADE WITH A HANDLE ON TOP. THERE ARE THREE KEYHOLES AND ONE COMBINATION DIAL. ONE OR TWO OF THE KEYHOLES ARE FALSE. THE BANK WOULD PROBABLY HAVE BEEN OPENED BY TURNING THE KEY AND THE COMBINATION DIAL AT THE SAME TIME. THIS BANK HAS NO SCREW BUT IS HELD TOGETHER BY FOUR STEEL PINS. THERE IS A METAL BASKET UNDER THE SLOT WHICH I SUPPOSE PREVENTS RETRIEVING THE COINS BACK THROUGH THE SLOT. THE SLOT IS HIDDEN UNDER THE HINGED HANDLE AND IS LARGE ENOUGH TO ACCEPT SILVER DOLLARS. BANK IS MISSING A GOOD BIT OF THE NICKEL PLATE AND HAS RUST SEE PHOTOS. THE KEY IS MISSING AND LATCH PARTS ARE MISSING.
(ORNATE) MARKINGS:
KEY COMBINATION SAFE NO 40
MANUFACTURED BY THE J. & E. STEVENS CO.,
CROMWELL, CONN.
U. S. A.
PATD
AUGUST 17
1897
DIMENSIONS:
5 7/8 TALL X 4 3/4 WIDE X 4 1/4 DEEP
CONDITION:
BANK IS MISSING A GOOD BIT OF THE NICKEL PLATE AND HAS RUST SEE PHOTOS. THE KEY IS MISSING AND LATCH PARTS ARE MISSING.