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ndnchf 08-28-2011 12:47 PM

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I was browsing a few of our local antique shops today and spotted this little gem. Its an unusual little wooden box that appears to be made to fit in a treadle cabinet drawer.

Unusual little box
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The patent date looks like Feb 19th, 1899
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The surprise inside! I'm afraid I don't know what any of these attachments are, but for $22.50 I couldn't pass it up. The box alone seemed worth it.
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luvstitches 08-28-2011 12:49 PM

Wow! I have never seen anything like it.
Thanks for posting these pictures.
I love vintage sewing machines and attachments.

blueangel 08-28-2011 12:51 PM

I have no idea what it is

quiltlady 08-28-2011 12:52 PM

check ebay - I've seen these on sale off and on. Can't remember what they go for. Not sure which machines they usually fit- likely just any Singer short shank.

greenini 08-28-2011 12:57 PM

we usually call them puzzle boxes tho that is a more modern name. From your picture they look like early back clamping attachments.

The second from the right might be a tucker and the last on the right might be an early all metal buttonholer. I think the scooped things might be hemmers.
All guesses tho!

margecam52 08-28-2011 01:05 PM

If those flatend oval parts have a way to put fabric into them (slott)...they look to be binders...different size binding attachments. I have a box of them that go on my industrial machine. They screw onto the bed of the machine (usually a commercial/dressmaking/upholstery machine). The next to the last on the right looks to be part of a button hole guide, and the last on the right looks to be a ruffler. Why not check with the guy on here (Billy?) who does the vintage machine repair.


Originally Posted by ndnchf
I was browsing a few of our local antique shops today and spotted this little gem. Its an unusual little wooden box that appears to be made to fit in a treadle cabinet drawer.


Painiacs 08-28-2011 01:12 PM

neat find!!

grammiepamie 08-28-2011 01:18 PM

Isn't that a Singer box?

threads57 08-28-2011 01:24 PM

It is a Singer Puzzle Box with sewing attachments.

Tink's Mom 08-28-2011 01:34 PM

I had one of those...sold the puzzle box on Ebay a few years back for around $30.


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