Thanks for the pictures. It looks like Seb nailed it. Something that I noticed is that the machine linked to doesn't have the handle for the crank. The picture posted here looks to have a wooden handle. From my understanding most of the European hand crank machines had a ceramic handle. Of course as old as the machine is, it is quite possible that it broke and a wooden handle replaced it. It seems in my younger years that the hardware stores would carry replacement handles.
Janey - Neat people never make the exciting discoveries I do.