General Information

Serial #

1410

Part Number

1

Total Parts

40

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

IRON SEWING MACHINE; SOME PARTS NICKEL PLATED, INCLUDING GEARS OPERATING BALANCE WHEEL, PRESSURE FOOT & LIFTER, ETC./ WOODEN TABLE & COVER/ CAST IRON STAND, TREADLE, FLYWHEEL & PITMAN/ PORCELAIN KNOB ON DRAWER

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

75.0 cm

Width

42.5 cm

Height

100.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Domestic Technology

Category

Textile working

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

HESPELER

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Hamilton

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

IN 1872 JOHN BOWMAN (OF WILSON, BOWMAN & CO.) AND A MR. HESPELER EST'D HESPELER SEWING MACHINE CO. IN HAMILTON. THE COMPANY PRODUCED HEAVY DUTY MACHINES & SOME FAMILY SEWING MACHINES (REF.1, PP.24-25)

Function

MECHANICALLY JOINS OR ALTERS FABRIC OR OTHER MATERIALS, USING THREAD. THIS MACHINE INTENDED FOR DOMESTIC USE.

Technical

MACHINE RESEMBLES LOCKMAN MACHINE IN FORMATION OF THE GEARS IN THEBALANCE WHEEL & 2-PART THROAT PLATE SECTION. THE HESPELER MACHINE IS UNUSUALLY LONG & THIN (REF. 1, P.25)

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

'HESPELER SEWING MACHINE CO./ PETERS PATENT/ HAMILTON, CANADA' INCISED IN SHUTTLE SLIDE/ '1410' STAMPED ON REVERSE

Missing

LEATHER PULLEY

Finish

SEWING MACHINE & STAND PAINTED BLACK/ SEWING MACHINE DECORATED BY NUMEROUS DECALS/ DARK BROWN WOOD TABLE & COVER

Decoration

FRUIT, LEAVES, CURLING VINES & FINE PIPING APPLIED AS DECALS TO MACHINE HEAD & ARM/ CLOTH PLATE DECORATED WITH SCROLLING LINES, GEOMETRIC SHAPES, AND A LARGE GREEN, BLUE, PINK & GOLD FLORAL MOTIF DECAL/ STAND LEGS, TREADLE & FLYWHEEL & BALANCE WHEEL INCORPORATE OPEN HEART & DIAMOND FORMS