Gray fox

This little gem was acquired a couple years ago, but I finally got around to cleaning and trying it out. Once determining that the thread must come off the spool on the operator's side, it stitches nice, neat little chain stitches. The Singer 20 method of ending a seam works well. No manual, box, etc. but in really nice condition.

Next up is a little green Ernst Plank machine......taken to pieces for a complete overhaul. The stitch-forming mechanism is very different from the loopers on many toys. It doesn't look broken, but can't be sure.

Both makers specialized in fancy toy trains, steam engine toys, magic lanterns and the like from about the 1880s to between WWI and WWII. Sewing toys seem to be their only venture into what were then the acceptable interests of little girls.

Dianne

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