Notes: Duplicate number. , , Notes: As there is no key, the lock has been removed and is kept with the machine in a small finds bag., , , , Description: (a) Early hand worked sewing machine. (b) Lid, wooden, does not fit well. Bought in junk shop by donor., , , , Black machine with gold scroll and key decoration around edge of clothplate and arm. The clothplate also has mother of pearl inlay in the border as well as a bird in the centre and two human figures in two corners. , , , , The machine has a bobbin winder, presser foot, feed and tension device. On the arm are two metal plaques. One has an inscription of a table of numbers. The other has a insignia with a castle that could identify the maker - it is otherwise unmarked. , , , , The wooden base a wood inlay measuring strip running across the front and a space on the far right (this may have been a drawer of compartment). , , , , Maker: unknown, , Serial number: 378483 ?, , Date: 1900s (?), , , , Dimensions: 320mm high x 510mm long x 280mm wide, , , , Condition: FAIR. There is considerable wear to the decoration but the mechanism still works. The case has lost its pattina. J.Brown, 00/10/2007., , Conservation: Cleaned by D.Sheen, 00/09/2007.