Originally Posted by Quilt Mom

I was haunting the local antique mall today. I found what appears to be a 3/4 size machine. The serial number is G9849378. The chart identifies it as a 128, the number allotted to a batch of 15000 on Feb 19, 1923. It has a shuttle and bobbin in place, is missing 1/2 the plate (front). What baffles me is that it is electric, with a knee control. I think this is the way it originally was sold, as the case has the receptor for the knee control. (I thought the vs machines were all people powered.)
The machine looks nice, decals in good condition, not silvered. The pattern is something I have not seen before - It looks like a coat of arms on the bed of the machine. There is a pattern of grape(?) leaves in decals. The face plate has a pretty pattern of grape vines on it. (I have not figured out yet how to post pics since the board changed, or I would be doing that.)

Were the vs machines electric as well as people powered? And what size is a 128?