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Posted 5 years ago
Aethenelle
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Singer sewing machine ca1885 serial 6526729. Not sure what model or current value (i.e., should I get it restored or use the treadle and base for another purpose). Decals are a seahorse/pegasus motif with “SPECIAL” instead of the usual “SINGER”.
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A little further looking and I'm not sure it's a Singer. Serial # is on the base plate behind the machine facing away from the user. The needle plate says "NEW LEADER S.M. CO. CLEVELAND OHIO." The manual (assuming it's the correct manual) has a list of parts for "Model C" and is titled "Directions for Operating The New Improved Family Sewing Machine."
That lead me to https://www.raymondsewingmachineresearchproject.ca/model-c-sewing/ but this doesn't match those Model C machines.
I did find an image of the same machine but only the image so far. http://img02.shop-pro.jp/PA01173/685/product/43344930.jpg?20120515195612
Not quite the same machine. Mine has different decals.
There's a Singer publication in one of the drawers that was last edited in 1929.
Mechanically, it looks very similar to this AG Mason: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Golden-Star-Vibrating-Shuttle-Treadle-Head-Sewing-Machine-by-AG-Mason-HEAD-ONLY/202888658576?hash=item2f3d1b3e90:g:MtgAAOSwCXBeI2kC
and this one: https://www.ebth.com/items/541431-anitque-a-g-mason-treadle-sewing-machine
May have a match: https://apollo-ireland.akamaized.net/v1/files/1k88wtowlc9k3-PL/image;s=644x461
Only problem is the posting is down now.
That's about as far as I've gotten too. Too bad most of the info about these manufacturers seems to have been lost.
I just called them. Like Singer, they no longer help with this sort of thing.
However, I think it's a White VS of some sort. I'll have to check when I get back to it but i seem to remember the bobbins having hollow cores. The cabinet does look like a match for some White machines.
Thanks! I called Singer and ignored the IVR this time. They weren’t able to directly help because they no longer own the historical model information and pointed me to ismacs.net. The woman I talked to was quite nice about it and seemed a bit interested herself.
Oddly, the copy of that manual Singer has isn’t in much better shape.
I’ll try to get the manual I got with mine scanned soon. It’s in pretty rough shape so it’ll take me a bit.
From Katie Farmer:
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This machine is from White's Mason Line. The serial number -- 6,526,729 --
gives us a date of 1926. The last number in this dating series (Mason G) is
6,529,362. The machine is based upon a White VS VI and would use the
same needle, shuttle, and bobbin. You have a machine head with decals in
enviable condition.
```
I have one that I have been very unsuccessful finding information on. It looks like this one. Mine says stewart on it and serial number in on back too! Did you find anything on it?