Posted 2 years ago
Dea_Sambina
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This Singer sewing machine was handed down to me after my father passed. It has been in the Williams family for many years. It was told to me me that it belonged to my 3rd great grandmother named Mini. I tried to look this up online and havent been able to find a match. I would like to know all about it if anyone could help me that would be great. I'm not selling this. I couldn't find the exact match for the serial number on the Singer Sewing Machine Serial Number Database. So any help would be appreciated.
Hi, Dea_Sambina. :-)
Per the International Sewing Machine Collectors' Society (ISMACS) website, serial number G7830180 was one of a block of 5,000 consecutive ([G]7827576 through [G]7832575) serial numbers allotted by the central office to its Elizabethport factory February 11, 1920 and destined to be stamped into the beds of model 115 sewing machine heads.
Yours probably rolled off of the line some time between the allotment date of its block and that of the next block destined for model 115 machines:
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G- 7827576 7832575 115 5000 February 11 1920
G- 7986401 7991400 115 5000 April 7 1920
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https://ismacs.net/singer_sewing_machine_company/serial-numbers/singer-g-series-serial-numbers.html
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ELIZABETHPORT
G-6,500,000 to G-8,500,000 1919 1920
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https://ismacs.net/singer_sewing_machine_company/singer_dating_by_serial_number.html
About the Singer model 115:
https://www.singersewinginfo.co.uk/115
The decal set on your machine is called "Tiffany":
https://www.singersewinginfo.co.uk/gallery_decals
I can't quite tell which faceplate and rear access panel styles you have, but here is a gallery of them for you to browse:
https://www.singersewinginfo.co.uk/gallery_faceplates
Your treadle cabinet looks like Cabinet Table No. 6:
https://ismacs.net/singer_sewing_machine_company/5-6_cab.html
About the Elizabethport factory:
https://www.singersewinginfo.co.uk/elizabethport
https://www.ericwilliamsblog.com/left-behind-in-elizabeth-the-singer-manufacturing-company-part-1/
https://www.ericwilliamsblog.com/left-behind-in-elizabeth-the-singer-manufacturing-company-part-2/
Your treadle cabinet was probaby made at Singer's factory in Indiana:
https://orangebeanindiana.com/2019/06/12/south-bends-singer-sewing-machine-company/
As to value: I personally do not do appraisals.
If you need a value for insurance or estate purposes, then you might want to consider a professional appraisal service, such as the one offered by valuemystuff dot com (click on the Appraisals link at the top of the Collectors Weekly Show & Tell page).
However, it's not free. If you don't want to spend the money, then you should consider the advice of one of the experts at ISMACS:
https://ismacs.net/sewing_machine_articles/how_much_is_my_sewing_machine_worth.html
Here is my collection of vintage sewing machine links:
https://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/285089-help-for-vintage-sewing-machines
However, it's a lot to sift through, so if you have questions (other than value), just ask them here in a comment on your own post.
Good luck. :-)
Whoops, I forgot to give you a link for a user manual:
https://ismacs.net/singer_sewing_machine_company/manuals/singer-model-115-sewing-machine-manual.pdf
Oh wow thank you so much! I will be reading up on all your links you've so graciously shared. I'm excited.
Dea_Sambina, You're quite welcome. :-)
FYI, I added up the allotment numbers in the ISMACS serial number tables and they roughly jibe with what's in the singersewinginfo dot co dot uk piece about the model 115. That is, the combined total of 115 machines, including the Clydebank factory ones, is about a third of a million.
The total for all Singer sewing machines produced 1851 -1971 is between ninety six and ninety seven million but that's just the total for the machines in the ISMACS tables. Their records aren't perfect.