Also known as a meat or food safe, and regarded as a uniquely Australian contribution to the world's heritage of furniture design. The cabinet, usually with panelled doors and , and zinc or tin sides, pierced or punched into decorative designs and patterns, is raised on legs, generally turned but sometimes square. One style, usually of cedar, is about the proportions of chiffonier, and has a shaped chiffonier back, usually decorated with applied machine-made carving, with the cupboards below. The other type is in the form of a narrow two door cabinet, made from cedar or kauri pine.

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A Colonial Australian cedar meat-safe pantry with turned legs,…

Colonial Australian Cedar Meat-Safe Pantry, NSW Origin, Circa 1865

A Colonial Australian cedar meat-safe pantry with turned legs, New South Wales origin, circa 1865, 182 cm high, 88 cm wide, 60 cm deep

Germanic meat safe, 19th century Barossa, two mesh screen doors…

19th Century Germanic Meat Safe with Hand-Painted Grained Finish

Germanic meat safe, 19th century Barossa, two mesh screen doors over, two drawers with glass knobs over, two panelled door base with squared legs, hand painted grained finish, height 176 cm, width 116 cm, depth 54 cm

An antique Australian cedar meat safe pantry, South Australian…

1860 Australian Cedar Meat Safe Pantry

An antique Australian cedar meat safe pantry, South Australian origin, circa 1860, 189 cm high, 103 cm wide, 55 cm deep

A Colonial blackwood meatsafe with shield doors, turned legs…

Tasmanian Blackwood Meat Safe with Shield Doors

A Colonial blackwood meatsafe with shield doors, turned legs and zinc sides, Tasmanian origin, 19th century 123 cm high, 103 cm wide, 47 cm deep. Provenance: The Rodney Pemberton Collection

A primitive Colonial chiffonier food safe, solid blackwood…

Tasmanian Colonial Blackwood Chiffonier Food Safe

A primitive Colonial chiffonier food safe, solid blackwood throughout, Tasmanian origin, circa 1840 128 cm high, 107 cm wide, 48 cm deep. Provenance: The Rodney Pemberton Collection

An Australian colonial pine meat safe, 19th century, 105 cm…

19th Century Australian Colonial Pine Meat Safe

An Australian colonial pine meat safe, 19th century, 105 cm high, 70 cm wide, 36.5 cm deep

Australian Colonial cedar food safe, second half of the 19th…

Colonial Cedar Food Safe Cabinet

Australian Colonial cedar food safe, second half of the 19th century, the shaped back above rectangular top with moulded edge, over a pair of panelled doors enclosing shelves, with mesh sides, height 134 cm width 104 cm depth 47.5 cm. Provenance: The…

Australian Colonial cedar food safe, N.S.W. Origin, c. 1850,…

Colonial Cedar Cupboard, c. 1850

Australian Colonial cedar food safe, N.S.W. Origin, c. 1850, with two pairs of doors enclosing shelves and two short drawers, missing mesh to sides and doors, height 157.5 width 107 cm depth 48 cm. Provenance: The collection of Robert Hutchinson, Sydney,…

Barossa meat safe late 19th century pine with hand grained red…

Late 19th Century Pine Meat Safe with Wire Mesh

Barossa meat safe late 19th century pine with hand grained red oxide finish, two doors with shelves inside and wire mesh to each side, height 169 cm, length 111 cm, depth 53 cm

Meat safe c1880 stained pine, two internal shelves, single door,…

Antique Meat Safe with Pinhole Mesh Legs

Meat safe c1880 stained pine, two internal shelves, single door, pinhole mesh squared legs, Height149, cm, width100, cm, depth47 cm

An antique Colonial meat safe, cedar and hardwood with zinc…

Colonial Meat Safe with Zinc Sides and Cedar Wood

An antique Colonial meat safe, cedar and hardwood with zinc sides and Baltic pine backing boards, South Australian origin, 19th century, 108 cm high, 91 cm wide, 41 cm deep

An Australian cedar chiffonier meat safe with scroll top &…

Antique Australian Cedar Chiffonier Meat Safe, c.1890

An Australian cedar chiffonier meat safe with scroll top & shelf, c.1890 156 x 92 x 42 cm

2 door Colonial gum arched top meatsafe with mesh top door and…

Colonial Gum Meatsafe with Mesh Top and Pressed Tin Panels

2 door Colonial gum arched top meatsafe with mesh top door and pressed tin side panels, 177 cm high, 79 cm wide, 66 cm deep

Meat safe circa 1880 Barossa valley, pine with a red ochre…

1880 Barossa Valley Meat Safe with Steel Mesh Doors

Meat safe circa 1880 Barossa valley, pine with a red ochre stain, two doors with steel mesh, height 146 cm, length 120 cm, depth 51 cm

Meat safe late 19th century Baltic and red pine single steel…

WWI Painted Meat Safe with Single Steel Mesh Door

Meat safe late 19th century Baltic and red pine single steel mesh door over cupboard with World War I painting to base, height 124 cm, length 75 cm, depth 57 cm

A meatsafe with rustic crackle painted finish, South Australian…

Rustic 19th Century South Australian Meatsafe

A meatsafe with rustic crackle painted finish, South Australian origin, 19th century, 130 cm high, 86 cm wide, 57 cm deep

Colonial huon pine 4 door country meat safe / cupboard, stamped…

Antique Colonial Huon Pine Meat Safe/Cupboard - GTD C1850

Colonial huon pine 4 door country meat safe / cupboard, stamped on inner door G.T.D C1850, 192 cm high, 95 cm wide, 79 cm deep

Early pine meat safe full length upper drawer, above two door…

Pine meat safe with upper drawer and cabinet

Early pine meat safe full length upper drawer, above two door cabinet with shelved interior, gauze netting to each side, turned legs, height 104 cm, width 92 cm, depth 38 cm approx.

Australian cedar meat safe, late 19th century

Late 19th Century Australian Cedar Meat Safe

Australian cedar meat safe, late 19th century

A meat-safe of impressive proportions, huon pine and zinc,…

Huon Pine Meat-Safe from 19th Century Tasmania

A meat-safe of impressive proportions, huon pine and zinc, Tasmanian origin, 19th century, 183 cm high, 128 cm wide, 72 cm deep

Rustic pine meat safe 66 cm wide, 40 cm deep, 107 cm high

Rustic Pine Meat Safe - 66cm x 40cm x 107cm

Rustic pine meat safe 66 cm wide, 40 cm deep, 107 cm high

An original Colonial cedar meat Safe, 152 x 91 x 42 cm

Colonial Cedar Meat Safe - Antique Storage Cabinet

An original Colonial cedar meat Safe, 152 x 91 x 42 cm

Meat Safe Acacia/Jarrah, Victorian, Germanic, two door with…

Victorian Meat Safe with Scalloped Gallery

Meat Safe Acacia/Jarrah, Victorian, Germanic, two door with apron drawer, and scalloped gallery, height 150 cm, length 97 cm, depth 54 cm

A rustic bench top meatsafe, eucalypt and pine with zinc sides,…

19th Century Rustic Meatsafe with Zinc Sides

A rustic bench top meatsafe, eucalypt and pine with zinc sides, 19th century, 58 cm high, 44 cm wide, 34 cm deep. Provenance: The Rodney Pemberton Collection

An early Australian Colonial meatsafe, cedar with pierced zinc…

1830 Colonial Cedar Meat Safe with Zinc Sides

An early Australian Colonial meatsafe, cedar with pierced zinc sides, circa 1830, a similar example of the pattern zinc work illustrated on the end papers of 'Memories: A survey of early Australian furniture in the collection of the Lord McAlpine of West…

A meatsafe, stained pine with zinc sides, Barossa Valley, 19th…

Antique Zinc-Sided Meatsafe with Carved Details

A meatsafe, stained pine with zinc sides, Barossa Valley, 19th century unusual shaped and chamfered legs plus carved sides 147 cm high, 103 cm wide, 56 cm deep

Meat safe, different size doors, original wire, c1900

Antique Meat Safe with Original Wire and Varying Door Sizes

Meat safe, different size doors, original wire, c1900

Barossa meat safe tin back, c1870

Circa 1870 Barossa Meat Safe Tin

Barossa meat safe tin back, c1870

Meat safe mid 19th century, four door pine construction,…

Alligator Skin Meat Safe - 19th Century

Meat safe mid 19th century, four door pine construction, alligator skin finish, height 140 cm

Antique pine meat safe, with zinc gauzed panels, 138 cm high,…

Antique Pine Meat Safe with Zinc Panels

Antique pine meat safe, with zinc gauzed panels, 138 cm high, 72 cm wide

A pine meat safe, Australian, early 20th century, 130 cm high,…

Early 20th Century Pine Meat Safe

A pine meat safe, Australian, early 20th century, 130 cm high, 75 cm wide, 42 cm deep

An Australian huon pine meat safe, Tasmanian origin 19th…

19th Century Tasmanian Huon Pine Meat Safe

An Australian huon pine meat safe, Tasmanian origin 19th century, doors have been removed, 164 cm high, 122 cm wide, 52 cm deep

A European food safe, in green paint finish, two doors with…

Green European Food Safe with Lattice Panels, c. 1850

A European food safe, in green paint finish, two doors with lattice panels above shaped panels. C. 1850. Height 101 cm, width 80 cm, depth 53 cm.

A pine food safe with original zinc alum panels, width 102 cm

Antique Pine Food Safe with Zinc Panels - 102cm

A pine food safe with original zinc alum panels, width 102 cm

A rustic yellow painted meat safe, one door

Yellow Rustic Meat Safe with Single Door

A rustic yellow painted meat safe, one door

An antique pine meat safe with one door

Antique Pine Meat Safe with Single Door

An antique pine meat safe with one door

Meat safe/ kitchen cabinet, approx 126 cm high, 40 cm wide

Compact Meat Safe and Cabinet - 126cm x 40cm

Meat safe/ kitchen cabinet, approx 126 cm high, 40 cm wide

A kauri pine kitchen dresser, two glazed doors over single…

Kauri Pine Kitchen Dresser with Meat Safe

A kauri pine kitchen dresser, two glazed doors over single drawer and two cupboard doored meat safe. 108 x 43.5 x 213 cm

An early 20th century Australian meat safe dresser 95 cm width,…

Antique Australian Meat Safe Dresser

An early 20th century Australian meat safe dresser 95 cm width, 47 cm depth, 178 cm high

Huon pine two door meat safe

Huon Pine Meat Safe with Double Doors

Huon pine two door meat safe