All about Antique : Antique Bank Safes

From ornate shell boxes and rectangular double-walled cast iron creations to mass pressure sensitive dome with ornate bankers, AO doors, antique bank safes appreciated for its beauty, craftsmanship and historical significance, as precious treasures of the past.Bank Safe Early America

Although most authorities bankers kept their money in the bank as a guarantee of, AOS safe, there are many stories about bankers who received money at home and kept it under their beds while sleeping. Others are said to have locked the bank, AOS safe every night and then deposited the money into a waste basket covered with paper or cloth for safe keeping until the morning. There's even an old Western myth that says the bank at the border of Oklahoma held the bank, AOS money in a box with full ground rattlesnakes inside.
Whether these stories are true or not, one thing is for sure, early bankers knew how important it was to show that the depositors' money kept in banks were safe. The bankers appear ornate Cannonball safes as a means of reassuring customers that the money was deposited safely kept. Other banks often kept the doors open the vault to give their customers a full view of the safety and robustness.Cannonball Safe Bank
Large shell boxes made for commercial use and a smaller version was also made for personal use. Large commercial Cannonball safes used in banks often referred to as a ball in a box design. Most safes cylinder was elaborately decorated inside and outside with jewelling hand sparkled like diamonds. Other decorative touches include:

    * Color Fleck Gold
    * Pin striping
    * Etchings
    * Hand painted exposed Watches year parts and gold enameled faces were made by Elgin National Watch Company
    * Hand-painted designs and scenes
Safes shell was made up of two parts, a bottom section was walking holding a large metal box and a huge metal ball is attached around the box. Important documents kept at the bottom of the safe and paper currency, gold and silver were kept in the round upper part.
Weighing approximately £ 3600 Cannonball safes were bank robbery evidence because of their massive weight and round shape. To see a beautiful example of this type of antique safe with the Diebold Safe and Lock Company, visit Goodman, Wesson, and Associates antique firearm Assessment and Evaluation Gun. Presented in detail are 1870 cannonball safe from Van Dyne State Bank of Chicago.Rectangular Antique Bank Safe
In the United States, safes were not produced until the mid-1820. Before that all safes were in Europe. Early bank rectangular boxes were often made with double walls were filled with various materials such as:

    * Soft steel bars that ran both vertically and horizontally
    * Franklinite
    * Alum, alkali and clay
    * Plaster of Paris, plaster or asbestos material as fire
Just like the safes Cannonball, more rectangular boxes used for antique banks were richly decorated with hand painted details including many beautiful scenes and floral paintings. These boxes have a door or a set of double doors.Walk-in bank safes and vaults
Walk-in safes and vaults were generally placed in several major bank buildings in the cities. M In many cases, the building was built around the huge walk in a safe or bank vault. The following websites offer images of several of these special antiques.

    * Center City shows a Diebold old bank vault door that weighs about 4500 pounds.
    * Among safes appear to protect Lock is a beautiful door roundtable Mosler vault door.
    * Interstate Security
An unusual Fire Pistol Safe
 This unusual antique fire safe steel two loaded handguns to anyone that opens correctly. Moreover, there is a complex locking mechanism consisting of various media safes, multiple screws and hidden keyholes.
The details of the history of this safe is unknown. Although no trace of an imperial monogram is found, it is believed that the only safe may have been made for imperial purposes. Maybe you even used one of the Russian state-owned banks were established in late 1860. Maybe someday the history of safe shooting will be discovered.