Thread: Antique Safe recovered from past family members house in Italy any ideas anyone????

Hello Raphael - if you search this site for "Marseille" you should come up with two posts regarding Brevet-Magaud safes. I don't believe yours is of the same maker but there is some discussion about opening the locks which might give you some ideas. I haven't seen a key like your smaller one before. Good luck and let us know how you get on. Cheers Sarah

Thats an impressive looking safe. The keys are similar to the Brevet but you have two keyholes. The three holes running vertically seem worthy of inspection for the thin 'key'. What part of the country are you?

Perhaps the attached image may help. Click on it to see the full sized version to read the instructions ...

we have a similar problem in friends house in italy… the safe's been closed for ages as no one seems to remember how to open the keyhole covers… rumour has it you don't need a key to open them. close inspection doesn't reveal any holes…
whether one of the thousand keys lying around all over the place will fit is another question!
so, to all the specialists out there: any idea what sort of model this could be and how to open the keyhole covers? all help would be much appreciated!

close inspection did reveal a keyhole to activate the keyhole covers in fact! now the hunt for the right set of keys is on. quite a quest in a house with 14 rooms and plenty of cabinets and drawers…

Originally Posted by winter

we have a similar problem in friends house in italy… the safe's been closed for ages as no one seems to remember how to open the keyhole covers… rumour has it you don't need a key to open them. close inspection doesn't reveal any holes…
whether one of the thousand keys lying around all over the place will fit is another question!
so, to all the specialists out there: any idea what sort of model this could be and how to open the keyhole covers? all help would be much appreciated!

Originally Posted by Huntlocks

Thats an impressive looking safe. The keys are similar to the Brevet but you have two keyholes. The three holes running vertically seem worthy of inspection for the thin 'key'. What part of the country are you?

I am in London, 1 of the holes has a lever in it that u can hear a mechanism spring shut or open???

Thanks again

Hi,
Wow that is really nice! I seen this video some time ago, looks like it might be somewhat the same type?

Amazing antique tricklock safe Napoleonic era.

YouTube - Amazing antique tricklock safe Napoleonic era.

Good luck with that!
Matt.

It reminds me of a decorative vault my grandparents had in their home in Switzerland. Even with the keys to the locks on the front, it couldn't be opened until a secret lock cylinder was revealed by sliding one of the big "rivets" sideways and another key inserted.