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Old 05-01-2020, 01:08 AM
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Seb58
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This is a badged German machine: it was manufactured by Biesolt & Locke in Meissen, Germany.
German machines were often given "commercial" names when sold abroad, especially after World War I when a German name was not exactly PR positive -even the British Royal family changed their German name to Windsor lol. So machines for exportation were often sent with no name and sellers would add a name which was bound to appeal to their custommers according to the country.
On your machine, the maker's name has even been removed from the logo on the bed, contrary to the machine on this listing https://www.ebay.fr/itm/Antique-Afra...-/273964281280
I don't think it would be possible to give a precise date of manufacturing since factory records are usually lost.
Yet, I would think your machine was made in the 1920s...
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