Restored to a customers specification.
This safe was chosen from my stock and the customer wanted larger size safe and a classic simple clean design. This is a larger size at 665mm, so we added a glass shelf to add more storage space inside. Painted in our classic Black & Green pearl on the outside with a Mustard suede interior.
History: E. Hipkins & Co. was a safe manufacturer based at Kateshill Works in Dudley, England, and was active from at least the 1870s through the late Victorian period. They were part of a third tier of Victorian safe makers, mostly smaller firms centered around the Birmingham area, known for producing safes regarded primarily as fire-resisting quality. E. Hipkins & Co.’s products represent a notable part of safe manufacturing history from the late 19th to early 20th century, with some of their safes being collectible antiques today. They produced safes that were often described as “inflexible” and featured brass safe plaques and classic antique style markings.
Their work from the late 1800s to early 1900s continues to be recognized among collectors and historians of antique safes, with surviving pieces often fully restored for display or use. Kateshill Works in Dudley, their manufacturing base, was a significant industrial site known for producing such secure storage solutions during the Victorian era
Size: (HxWxD) 665x460x432(+50mm for handle)
Colour: Exterior, Ral 9011, 6035 Interior Ral 8001
Weight: 86kg
Design Theme: Customer Specification
Please note: Safes of this age, approximately 100years old will show signs of their age and build, even after our restoration. We believe each safe has its own character, and thats what makes them special. If you purchase one of our safes, its not a NEW safe, they were built without modern tools, you will see imperfections, ie. the hinges are metal on metal (no bearings) so they may squeak and some may scratch some paintwork at the bottom hinge.
