![]() On later ones, it will be underneath the machine bed. Per the needlebar dot org website, serial numbers on old National vibrating shuttle machines are found under the front slide plate. NATIONAL SEWING MACHINE HEAD SERIAL NUMBER LOCATIONS There will also be a reference comment with links that may be periodically updated as I find long term websites with good pictures of serial number locations. ![]() I'm crediting Jeremy25 on the picture both as a courtesy, and as a provenance trail. CW S&T user Jeremy25 didn't respond to my request for permission to use their picture of the serial number, and hasn't been active here for almost a year, so I'm going to treat this one as the property of CW unless and until I find out otherwise. The fourth picture is of a Manhattan D badged National VB-TT Type 5, and the serial number is underneath the front slide place. I'm very grateful to CW S&T user AnythingObscure for permission to use their picture. The third picture is of a Singer model 403A, and the serial number is on a boss on the left-hand side of the underside. I'm very grateful to CW S&T user fortapache for permission to use their picture. The second picture is of a Singer model 185K. They contacted me out of the blue with an invaluable piece of information that helped me solve the stubborn mystery of the Coombe badge name.) ![]() Newton for permission to use their picture. The first picture is of a Coombe badged Naumann Klasse 8. Still, it's worth looking for a serial number, because it's one more clue that in combination with other clues can help in dating the machine.įor example, somebody who has a vintage National vibrating shuttle sewing machine with a serial number could compare it with vintage sewing machine enthusiast Wayne Schmidts' National VB-TT Type 5 that he was able to date reliably using its serial number, and other factors: Not all vintage sewing machines have serial numbers, and even those that do don't necessarily have them in a prominent location like pre-1950s Singers do.įurther, not all vintage sewing machine companies that issued serial numbers kept comprehensive records of them, or even if they did, the records may have perished in a fire, war, or some other calamity. This post is a further attempt to help vintage sewing machine owners identify their machines, specifically with locating a serial number. ![]()
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