Originally Posted by
Rhonda Croney
I have a working (I think beautiful) Mason Rotary Treadle Machine in the original oak cabinet and am curious how I would go about finding out its age. The Number on it is FR7066511. Is there a place on-line that could tell me how old it is?
A picture would help. I'm going out on a limb as I'm not as knowledgeable as some here, but I do a lot of research and have a few (oh, all right, more than a few
) vintage and antique machines. I'm going to guess that you have a machine that was made by White. As a guess, probably mid 1920s to maybe even early 1930. I'm basing that guess on info found at
http://www.treadleon.net/WhiteSM/whites.html Not all the sewing machine companies kept track of serial numbers and years produced. Some people have put together some info on some such as that link.
Here are some links to threads, that you might find helpful:
"electric" White Rotary no. 43-18476
How old is my White Rotary The first link in this thread doesn't work, but note there are some later links that should.
Domestic Rotary 153 series
Janey - Neat people never make the exciting discoveries I do.