Originally Posted by Deara

Just want to share one of the latest additions to our family of machines. We found her in an antique shop a couple of weeks ago. Hubby is on vacation this week and we ventured back to the antique shop this morning and she was still there.
We do not know how to date her, although one of the plates does have patent dates on it. The first one is May 16, 1863 and the last one is May 06, 1876.
Hubby found what we believe is the serial # under the front plate stamped into the base. It is 352736.
Does anyone know how to date this machine?

Blessings,
Sandi