Originally Posted by
oxonchris
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I started to fiddle around and try to find out what make it was and have got as far as it being about 1900 ish.
It's a Singer 12 as previously mentioned, and there should be two serial numbers at the base, near the hand crank. The shorter one (I think) is the one listed at
http://www.ismacs.net/singer_sewing_...l-numbers.html and this will give you the year of allocation of that serial number. Your machine was probably made that year. This model was made from 1867 until 1903, but most were pre-1890: The VS2 came out then, and it was a much better machine than the 12.
I laughed when you said you fiddled with it. That base is called a fiddle due to its shape (obviously).
If you were to buy one more machine, I'd suggest a 201: Brilliant machine and probably the best stitcher Singer ever made.