A safe, safe-deposit box,
vault or strongbox as it is known in different parts of
the world, is essentially a secure box that can be
locked and hence is suitable for the storage of
valuables lie money, jewelry and even important papers
and documents.
Safes with combinations are especially safe as they are
much harder to break into but these are a relatively new
invention. Antique safes employed the traditional key
lock system.
Antique safes can be of
many different varieties like antique floor safes,
antique fire safes or antique bank safes for instance
and these are usually available for purchase when there
is an exhibition of antique safes for sale.
Antique collectible safes
may not always have the most practical value but they
allow you to store your valuable in much the same ways
as perhaps the monarchy once did and this hold a special
appeal for many antique aficionados.
The first theft-proof safe was probably devised around
the mid nineteenth century or a little earlier by a
couple of brothers called Charles and Jeremiah Chubb.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Items over hundred years are not permitted to be taken out of India without the permission of the Director General, The Archaeological survey of India, Janpath, New Delhi - 110 011.