I found this sweet old thing on Facebook marketplace, a W&W W9 hand crank! Last patent stamp is March 25th 1990, and I was told it is probably a mid 1890s model. One of the earliest because of the support bracket for the hand crank. 130-ish years old!
I happen to already have this same model on a treadle so I can share bobbins and needles.
It has a sticky spot in the crank rotation, and I haven't dug into it yet to sort it out, but I hope a good cleaning and oiling will set it right.
I know I never see these so I was delighted that no one else had snagged it first. The lady I bought it from was sick though, so I didn't stick around to find out if she knew its history.
it needs a case key and more looking over, but I just wanted to share some pics of my lucky find. 😊
Did that work?
That didn't work, gotta figure out pictures...