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Singer s/n puzzle
Hello all,
I just returned from my machine quilter and saw an old 4 drawer cabinet under a lot of stuff. I asked if she knew the age and she said no so we dug it out and it looks like a 27/127. Looking at the s/n, I do not recognize the number. I made a rub with pencil and paper and came up with 16260(5)225. I searched through my s/n book and came up short. There is no letter prefix and the first strike is definitely a 1 and not n L. Anyone have any info on that s/n. Thanks, Rodney in Ponchatoula, La. |
Originally Posted by soman2
(Post 6687107)
Hello all,
I just returned from my machine quilter and saw an old 4 drawer cabinet under a lot of stuff. I asked if she knew the age and she said no so we dug it out and it looks like a 27/127. Looking at the s/n, I do not recognize the number. I made a rub with pencil and paper and came up with 16260(5)225. I searched through my s/n book and came up short. There is no letter prefix and the first strike is definitely a 1 and not n L. Anyone have any info on that s/n. Thanks, Rodney in Ponchatoula, La. |
Soman,
That looks like too many digits. The Singer serial numbers without letters are between 6 and 8 numbers max. Can you double check that number? Cathy
Originally Posted by soman2
(Post 6687107)
Hello all,
I just returned from my machine quilter and saw an old 4 drawer cabinet under a lot of stuff. I asked if she knew the age and she said no so we dug it out and it looks like a 27/127. Looking at the s/n, I do not recognize the number. I made a rub with pencil and paper and came up with 16260(5)225. I searched through my s/n book and came up short. There is no letter prefix and the first strike is definitely a 1 and not n L. Anyone have any info on that s/n. Thanks, Rodney in Ponchatoula, La. |
Cathy,
I looked at the pencil rubbing with a large magnifier lens and it looks to be 1620522(?) possibly a 5 on that last digit. Thanks Rodney |
Rodney,
AH, much better. This number falls in this range: 1,350,000 to 1,914,000. These were made in 1874.
Originally Posted by soman2
(Post 6687231)
Cathy,
I looked at the pencil rubbing with a large magnifier lens and it looks to be 1620522(?) possibly a 5 on that last digit. Thanks Rodney |
Thanks for all your help. I think my friend will be very happy to have a 115 yr. old Singer. I will offer to clean and service it for her so she can display it in her shop and use it occasionally.
Rodney in Ponchatoula, La. |
Originally Posted by Mizkaki
(Post 6687247)
Rodney,
AH, much better. This number falls in this range: 1,350,000 to 1,914,000. These were made in 1874. |
Mike,
I don't know what model he saw. I went on the corrected 7 digit serial number he gave. ( "looks to be 1620522(?) possibly a 5 on that last digit."). My info shows this to be from 1874. Cathy X
Originally Posted by manicmike
(Post 6687343)
They didn't make 27s in 1874. Common mistake is to mis-read a digit. 1899 is likely.
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They didn't make a 27 then,.. but the VS2 was at least 1889, I can't remember the exact date, but earlier. VS2 implies VS1...
This page says the first Vibrating Shuttle machine was 1885:http://www.singersewinginfo.co.uk/28/ Is there a photo to go with this machine? ;) We like pics... |
Thanks for all the info. When I told Lee that her machine was mfg. in the late 1800's she could not be happier. I offered to bring it to my shop and service it and clean up the cabinet. She and her husband do civil war reenactments where she is a vendor and they will be back next Tuesday when I will meet with her. She does my and my sister's machine quilting. If nothing else, I will get a few pics and post them next week.
Thank once again to all for your help, Rodney in Ponchatoula, La. |
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