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Posted 5 years ago
EviesGranny
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Just been gifted this very old and in poor condition, hand crank machine. No obvious maker mark or serial number. Can anyone give me any information Thanks in advance
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Thank you keramikos. I believe you have found my machine. It certainly identifies in every way with the Gold Medal Sewing machine 'Improved Shuttle'
Many thanks indeed. The old gentleman who gifted this to me will be delighted to learn more about it.
I love the PDF about the patent. Thank you keramikos. I too cant believe you solved it so quickly. I was prepared to just love it without knowing about it.
Something tells me that it won't be the first post on here!!!
Back-filling here:
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Home-shuttle sewing machine. The base is cast in a single piece with lions feet. The unit is Japanned black and has a ceramic handle on the wheel.
Dimensions
Height 250 mm
Width 330 mm
Depth 210 mm
This machine is also known as GOLD MEDAL. At least 50.000 of these units were made at a factory in Orange, Massachusetts, by Johnson, Clarke & Co during the 1870s. As was typical for many of the larger companies, Johnson, Clarke & Co had offices in several major cities, namely Boston, New York, Pittsburgh, Chicago and St.Louis. The machine evolved into this model and eventually into the very popular NEW HOME sewing machine, which became the company name in 1882. New Home sewing machines continue to be manufactured today.
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https://collection.maas.museum/object/355634
https://www.worldcat.org/title/encyclopedia-of-early-american-sewing-machines/oclc/37941051
https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9780963791603/
The 1868 patent at USPTO dot gov:
https://pdfpiw.uspto.gov/.piw?PageNum=0&docid=00080345&IDKey=E11990734357&HomeUrl=%2F%2Fpatft.uspto.gov%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fpatimg.htm
The smart phone friendly Google Patent version:
https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/20/b2/f4/5a0e96b88be4ac/US80345.pdf
Just now seeing this because of keramikos' refresher -- what a beautiful, graceful (-ish) design of this antique machine?!! :-) :-) :-)
AnythingObscure, Yeah, I really like those old cast iron ones with the paw-footed platforms.