Curious little office safe. Equipped with an alarm system by gun at the back, built in steel and brass plates, brass top, opening with two doors with brass lock plate and resting on four legs with hollowed out sides, one of the doors provided with a lock, with apparent system inside, with its key of opening with ring chiselled with the "R" with days. Opened, it presents two brass shelves and a drawer closing by lock with a steel key cut with the letter "E". On the back, a system with apparent mechanics, a rod with rack allowing to arm the gun or to disarm it. The single shot pinfire pistol works by opening the safe as long as the rack rod has been previously cocked. Underneath the system the tilting breech gun fires a 12 mm pinfire cartridge. T.B.E. About 1880 / 1900. Beautiful work of control, complete of its two keys. A refillable aluminum pinfire cartridge case is included. 31 x 20 x 24 cm