I agree - couldn't pass that up. The 27 behind is beautiful. Quite the contrast between the two of them.
That would be neat if you could get it back up and sewing. It does look like the screw for regulating the stitch length is missing. Also, I think that it takes an odd needle system. I don't see a presser foot, but it looks like it might be a low shank!?
I was hoping there might be something about your machine on
https://www.naehmaschinenverzeichnis...naehmaschinen/ but couldn't find anything.
Some images for Nothmann machines, both fiddle base and rectangular found at
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthoped...wing-139366131
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthoped...ank-1916835704
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthoped...rank-269382789
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthoped...ing-1721741341
A couple of other links that you might be interested in,
http://ismacs.net/singer_sewing_mach...12k-manual.pdf
http://ismacs.net/needle_and_shank/p...eedle-list.pdf
Janey - Neat people never make the exciting discoveries I do.
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