Rare SALTERS Ideal Antique Sewing Machine with Case
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This auction is for a Salters IDEAL Brand Nickel Plated Vintage sewing machine from the 1930s. This is a fairly rare sewing machine. It was only sold in upscale dept stores. The rare antique SEWING MACHINE measures 6.5" x 10" x 5.5" and is in very good original condition. The wood knob to turn the wheel is missing. Please email me if you have any questions and please scroll down past the photos for some additional info courtesy of Alex Askeroff informative sewing machine website These machines seldom turn up today . I heard one story that cannot be confirmed and blows the 1921 manufacturing start date to pieces. It was a story of a soldier who took one of these little machines to war with him in 1916 . In the trenches he repaired his uniform on the Ideal all through the hostilities. The man and his machine survived and the Ideal was put up for auction a few years ago. To our knowledge they were only sold from two London stores, Harrods and Selfridges. Both these stores were very upmarket only selling the very best products. The engineering is to a very high standard with unusual square cut steel gears and clever adjustable shafts around the machine that allow for timing, feed and tension adjustments. T is also the wonderful, elegant and simplistic design that is quite Art Deco and perfect for the period it was made. The British
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