That is a coin-operated Zonophone, made by Universal Talking Machine for the French market. The casting on the side is the coin-mechanism, with instructions cast into the metal and a notation that it was imported from Universal. After inserting a 10-centime coin the customer presses the plunger and that turns on the motor. An internal timing gear shuts it off after a suitable number of revolutions to play a single record. The deep base houses a large coin drawer.
That particular machine came home with me.
