Posted 3 years ago
JN890271
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Serial number S2252855
Can you date this for me please
It needs some attention, cleaning
Would like to find it a good home and nig scrap ..
Can you date this machine please | ||
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Hi, JN890271. :-)
Per the Singer serial number tables at the International Sewing Machine Collectors' Society website, serial number S2252855 was one of a block of 200,000 consecutive serial numbers (2188280 through 2388279) allotted July-December 1907 by the central office to one of its factories, and all were destined to be stamped into the beds of model 28K machines:
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S- 2188280 2388279 28K 200000 JULY-DEC. 1907
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https://ismacs.net/singer_sewing_machine_company/serial-numbers/singer-s-series-serial-numbers.html
About the model 28K (the "K" suffix means that it was made at Singer's Kilbowie/Clydebank factory):
https://www.singersewinginfo.co.uk/28
The decal set looks like Paperclip, which is a relatively modern decal set, but was also applied to refurbished machines:
https://ismacs.net/singer_sewing_machine_company/decals/domestics/domesticpics/pclipsdecal/pclipsrefurb28kfrnt.jpg
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(Class 28) This style was also commonly used on refurbished machines (as in this example), incongruously applied to models that were out of production before the decals were designed. The bed edge transfers were cut to length to fit variously sized beds.
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https://ismacs.net/singer_sewing_machine_company/decals/domestics/paperclips.html
I can't see the faceplate nor make out the pattern on the rear access panel, but here is a gallery of them for you to browse:
https://www.singersewinginfo.co.uk/gallery_faceplates
Your 28K was furnished with a hand crank at some point, which wouldn't be unusual, because the model 28 is a three-quarters size version of the model 27. It was designed to be portable, although it also could have been ordered installed in a cabinet.
Here are a list, and a gallery of tables and cabinets:
https://www.singersewinginfo.co.uk/tables
https://ismacs.net/singer_sewing_machine_company/singer_sewing_machine_cabinets.html
I'm not sure whether the table seen in this post and your CW profile picture are Singers, but if they are, the ones they most closely resemble:
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Three Drawers, with Cover, No. 126
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https://ismacs.net/singer_sewing_machine_company/extlf_cab.html
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130 LEAF TABLE WITH COVER
Plain, 3 drawers
For machines 28
Available in Oak (ASTUN), Walnut (ASVAK)
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https://www.singersewinginfo.co.uk/tables
Here is a manual for a Singer model 28:
https://issuu.com/davidmannock/docs/singer-28-manual
Parts for the Singer model 28 are still available:
https://www.vintagesingerparts.com/collections/singer-models-28-and-128
And of course, at sites such as eBay, Craigslist, etc.
About the Kilbowie factory:
https://www.singersewinginfo.co.uk/kilbowie
In case I'm forgetting anything, here is my collection of vintage sewing machine links:
https://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/285089-vintage-sewing-machine-help