Posted in Machines, tagged antique, Antiques, face plate, Model 15-88, Scotland, sewing machine on January 19, 2009 | 4 Comments »
My Singer machine was made in Clydebank, Scotland in 1937. The Singer serial number is EB 202.824. This is an oscillating shuttle machine Model 15-88 and the scroll face is more ornate.
The “engraving” is what collectors referred to as “scroll face”. Right around 1950, Singer adopted a more “modern” striated design for the face [...]
Posted in Machines, tagged antique, Antiques, Art, gritzner, sewing machine, vintage on May 21, 2008 | 11 Comments »
Max Carl Gritzner (1825–1892) did start to manufacture sewing machines in 1872 in a smal town in Baden in Germany , Durlach. By 1902 they had produced over one million machines. The Grizner Company did take over Frister and Rossmann in 1925, but they did continue to use the name Frister and Rossman on [...]
Posted in Collectibles, tagged antique, Antiques, box, Collectibles, sewing machine, vintage on May 17, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Whilst attachments for European made Singers came in cardboard boxes or tins, in America attachments could be supplied in a wooden fold out box which was patented February 19 1889. Usually associated with treadle machines the box was well made with dove-tailed joints and brass hinges.
Singer Treadle Sewing Machine Attachments Puzzle Box – Patent 1889
This [...]
Posted in Machines, tagged Antiques, Collectibles, Machines, sewing machine on March 2, 2008 | 2 Comments »
August Stukenbrok, Einbeck – Sewing Machine
Arminius, Deutschland
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