Toy sewing machine
Category
Toys
Date
Unknown
Materials
Metal
Measurements
146 mm (length); 103 mm (width); 160 mm (height); 22 mm (diameter of cotton reels)
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Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 659958
Summary
A child's sewing machine. Made of metal painted black with silver and gold coloured decoration. It has a rectangular base supported on four shaped feet. On one side is a silver coloured circular wheel which incorporates a cog wheel. There are two wooden cotton reels both containing white cotton thread. One reel is on the sewing machine. There is also a scrap of blue fabric decorated with white spots. Total number of items is three
Marks and inscriptions
Paper label on cotton reel: BROOK'S PATENT GLACE THREAD/ 80 One end of other cotton reel: beside an embossed image of a seated woman: DORCAS THREAD/ SIX CORD/ 14/ IP CLARKE Other end of other cotton reel: I.P. CLARKE LEICESTER