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Ooooooooooopppppppppppsssssssss so sorry, that is not the correct address for identifying the Singer.

It should be https://www.sandman-collectibles.com...r-machines.htm

The serial of the machine is 12306426 which would indicate that it is from 1894. The machine would have originally been a treadle or a hand crank. The motor and case would be from a later time. I'm not sure when the VS2 became a 27 as 1893 it was called a VS2 and by 1899 it was a 27. Some say that the rectangular bed would make it a 27 and if it has a fiddle base shape then it would be a VS2. However there is an image on the Smithsonian website that shows a 1893 VS2 with a rectangular bed. It appears that technically the VS2 isn't identified on the link above.

Janey - Neat people never make the exciting discoveries I do.