International Sewing Machine Collectors' Society

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

Aids to Shuttle Identification
special thanks to Dorothy Brumleve for donating these pages

The pages scanned below are taken from the following sources:

C.B. Barker & Co. Limited (New York: C.B. Barker & Co., 1917)

Master Catalog: Sewing Machine Parts and Supplies for All Makes of Machines (Rockford IL: Free Sewing Machine Company , 1945)

The pages may be useful in identifying shuttles which have become separated from their machines. The pictures in the books are drawn exactly to scale -- the same size as the actual shuttle and bobbin depicted. However, the size may appear different from the original on your screen or printer due to the digitizing process or resolution. When exact size is important, please refer to the ruler which was scanned at the same time as the page.

Please click on the page link to view it, or you may download a size-adjusted PDF version.

Barker Catalog, page 9
Advance, American , Arlington and Alvah, Crown, Davis
Barker Catalog, page 10
Davis , Domestic , Eldredge , Empire
Barker Catalog, page 11
Estey, Florence , Grover & Baker , Howe
Barker Catalog, page 12
Hartford, Household , Helpmate, Peerless, New Home , New York, Remington
Barker Catalog, page 13
Royal St. John, Seamstress, Sterling, Singer
Barker Catalog, page 14
Singer , Standard , Union , Victor
Barker Catalog, page 15
Weed , White , Whitney, Wilson
Barker Catalog, page 16
Multi-machine shuttle
Barker Catalog, page 17
Wheeler & Wilson , Willcox & Gibbs (hooks)
Master Catalog, page 28
American , Arlington, Beaver, Crown, Davis
Master Catalog, page 29
Desmond, Domestic , Eldredge , Free , Goodrich, Hartford
Master Catalog, page 30
Helpmate, Household , Howe , Little Worker (New Home), Marguerite, Maywood, New Willard, New Home , New Royal, New Williams
Master Catalog, page 31
Paragon, Remington, Royal St. John, Singer , Standard , Union
Master Catalog, page 32
Union , White
Catalog PDF
The above pages, collected into a PDF document. They have been size-adjusted so that the ruler at the bottom of each page is true-to-scale.

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