International Sewing Machine Collectors' Society

Fostering the collecting of, and research into, sewing machines.

Royal Sewing Machine Company

An 1870s Shakespear Sewing Machine on Cast Iron Base

1870s Shakespear Sewing Machine
on its cast-iron base

The Challenge
Another Well-Known Birmingham Marque
How to interpret Registration Marks
Interpreting Board of Trade Registration Marks (1842 to 1883)
More on interpreting Registration Marks
Royal Sewing Machine Company Oddity
Badged Wheeler & Wilson
The Shakespear Sewing Machine
No "e" ...

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