Description: Hand operated tabletop sewing machine producing chain stitch. , , , , Wooden base with black metal machine supporting a steel clothplate. The arm of the machine is curved. There is a single gold badge on the base. , , , , Chain stitch is created by a rotating hook underneath the clothplate. , , , , Maker: Willcox & Gibbs Sewing Machine Company, New York, , Serial number: A302608, , Date: latest patent is 1871, , , , Dimensions: 254 mm high x 320mm wide x 210mm deep. Diameter of wheel 139 mm, , , , Inscriptions: (on clothplate) G.E.A. GIBBS PATENT // JUNE 2-57 (?) // LICENSED UNDER PATENTS // JULY 14-70. APRIL 16-61 // WILLCOX & CARLTON // JUNE 27-71 (?) JULY 14-71 // CHAS.H.WILLCOX PATENTS // MAY 31-62 (?). MCH 22-64 // OCT 8-51 (?), , Inscription: (on clothplate) WILLCOX & GIBBS. // SEWING MACHINE CO // NEW YORK // LONDON // PARIS, , Inscription: (on clothplate) BREVETEES. G.D. // EN FRANCE ET EN BELGIQUE // UNDER ROYAL LETTERS // PATENT // JAMES WILLCOX // JULY.4-71, , Inscription: (on crest) WILLCOX & GIBBS. SEWING MACH. CO. NEW YORK. DEPOSEE, , , , Condition: FAIR. Clothplate is very rusty and the belt is missing. J. Brown 08/2007., , Conservation: cleaned by D. Sheen 08/2007.