Posted 2 years ago
delowsmith…
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Got this from a friend not sure of any cool history about this item. Does anyone know how to tell what year this was model was made. The model number is AH9534444.
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Hi, delowsmith1234. :-)
Ya snunk a vintage sewing machine post in on me when I wasn't looking. };-)
I think you misread the serial number, because it doesn't look to me like it's AA9534444, but rather AH953444.
Per the serial number tables at the International Sewing Machine Collectors' Society website, serial number AH953444 was one of a block of 15,000 consecutive serial numbers ([AH]951921 through [AH]966920) that was allotted to one of Singer's factories (Elizabethport) December 6, 1948:
AH 951921 966920 201 15000 Dec 6 1948
https://ismacs.net/singer_sewing_machine_company/serial-numbers/singer-ah-series-serial-numbers.html
They were all intended to be stamped into the beds of model 201 sewing machine heads, and probably rolled off of the assembly line by the allotment date of the next block of serial numbers intended for model 201 sewing machine heads (March 15, 1949):
AJ- 168721 183720 201 15000 March 15 1949
https://ismacs.net/singer_sewing_machine_company/serial-numbers/singer-aj-series-serial-numbers.html
ELIZABETHPORT
AH series 1947 1948
AJ series 1948 1950
https://ismacs.net/singer_sewing_machine_company/singer_dating_by_serial_number.html
The decal set on your machine is called Paperclip:
https://www.singersewinginfo.co.uk/decals/decal07
The design on the faceplate looks like 201K - Egyptian (Redesign) (Simanco 45212):
https://www.singersewinginfo.co.uk/gallery_faceplates
Your cabinet looks like Cabinet Table No. 2:
https://ismacs.net/singer_sewing_machine_company/cabinet_table_no_2-3.html
About the model 201:
https://www.singersewinginfo.co.uk/201
You're in good company, because Singer thought so highly of the model 201 that they gave one to Queen Elizabeth II:
https://pungolivinghome.com/2020/02/13/restoration-of-a-1948-vintage-singer-model-201-2-sewing-machine/
Here's a manual:
https://ismacs.net/singer_sewing_machine_company/manuals/singer-model-201-sewing-machine-manual.pdf
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/
In case I'm forgetting anything, 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 any other questions (other than value, which is territory where I seldom tread), just ask them here in a comment on your post.
Hi again, delowsmith1234. :-)
I neglected to address the contents of the green plastic accessory kit.
It looks like SIMANCO part number 160506 (a buttonholer attachment with four templates):
https://www.singersewinginfo.co.uk/simanco/160506
FYI, I think they have some editing problems in the description, but I suspect that you have the complete set (I can see the edge of the fourth template one in one of your pictures):
https://www.singersewinginfo.co.uk/simanco/160668
https://www.singersewinginfo.co.uk/simanco/160561
https://www.singersewinginfo.co.uk/simanco/160562
https://www.singersewinginfo.co.uk/simanco/160563
https://www.singersewinginfo.co.uk/simanco/160564