Please help date my grandmother's Singer treadle machine
#1
I recently inherited my grandmother's old Singer. She is in need of a good clean up and a new belt, but I'll bet she'll run like a deer! Anyway, the bobbin, or bobbin shuttle case is quite unusual (at least to me) The serial number looks like "G6642870" although it is quite faint. When I looked online, it looks like it was made in 1919 in Elizabeth, New Jersey. But the bobbin case has me a bit stymied. I have seen older Singers with a regular bobbin and bobbin case - one a 1904 model. (unless the owner was mistaken about the age) I am wondering if this bobbin shuttle is specific to a particular year. It has the Egyptian designs on it that I have seen on a lot of old treadles. Thank you for looking!
Linda
Linda
Grandma Mabel's Singer Treadle
[ATTACH=CONFIG]187723[/ATTACH]
Close up
[ATTACH=CONFIG]187724[/ATTACH]
Bobbin case or shuttle
[ATTACH=CONFIG]187725[/ATTACH]
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Originally Posted by no1jan
I would contact Lostn51 (Billy), he is the expert on the board regarding Vintage Singers. If he can't help you he'll tell you who can.
The machine is fantastic!
The machine is fantastic!
I have a sweet kitty named Mabel!! lol :D
#6
It's a model 127, serial # allocated January 9, 1919, made in St. Jean, Quebec.
You start with this site:http://www.singerco.com/support/serial_numbers.html
Then click on the link for single letter (G), which gets you here:
http://www.singerco.com/support/serial_1letter.html
Then you look for the link for the G series, which gets you here:
http://www.singerco.com/pdf/SINGER_G_nos.pdf
And you find the bracket containing your number:
6640371 6665370 127 25000 January 9 1919 St. Jean, Québec
The 25000 means that 25000 numbers were allocated to that plant on that date for model 127's.
You start with this site:http://www.singerco.com/support/serial_numbers.html
Then click on the link for single letter (G), which gets you here:
http://www.singerco.com/support/serial_1letter.html
Then you look for the link for the G series, which gets you here:
http://www.singerco.com/pdf/SINGER_G_nos.pdf
And you find the bracket containing your number:
6640371 6665370 127 25000 January 9 1919 St. Jean, Québec
The 25000 means that 25000 numbers were allocated to that plant on that date for model 127's.
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