Originally Posted by
quiltdoctor
I looked at the patent numbers on my first one. they are 1872, 1873,March 1876, 1877 and 1878. The new one has only two patent dates 1872 and 1873. Looks like to me it must be between 1873 and March 1876. I'll look for more dates tomorrow. I'll go read that Sewmuse article now. I'll shoot a couple more pictures tomorrow of the "jewelry" she has. Just read the article, so it must be one of the first ones of 1876. Now that is neat !
Texas Jan
Just went and looked again, the last patent date on mine is 1878, which lends to the idea that mine is 1881 or1882? Aren't those glass presser feet way cool? A couple of mine have fleabites in them too..but not around the needle hole, they're on the edge. I wonder how many have been tossed out in the trash because someone had no idea of what they were?