Sewing Machine (Over locker)
Production date
1941
Object detail
Accession number
F1629.2004
Description
Electric Phoenix Universal sewing machine. Machine is black painted cast iron with gold writing. The machine sits on the front right edge of a large ply board. The motor is beneath the ply platform, also the right. Platform sits on a metal frame that has been painted grey. Frame has four legs with support bars running between them. Machine has a long black plastic electrical cord with a tree pronged electrical plug at its end. In the far right back corner of the ply platform is a double pronged cast iron spool holder, a 'Y' shape, with two spools of white cotton thread. Both spools are a large, triangular shape. The ply table has two cut-out holes at the far right end of the sewing machine for electrical wires to go through. There is a single wooden slide draw to the far left corner, under the platform. Draw holds spools of cotton thread. The unit has a Hoover 230 volt motor attached to it.
Marks
PHOENIX Germany Printed
Phoenix/ Made in Germany Printed
Phoenix/ Universal/ 249 Maker's Mark
Phoenix/ Made in Germany Printed
Phoenix/ Universal/ 249 Maker's Mark
Phoenix/ Made in Germany Printed
Phoenix/ Universal/ 249 Maker's Mark
Phoenix/ Made in Germany Printed
Phoenix/ Universal/ 249 Maker's Mark
Media/Materials
Credit Line
1941. Sewing Machine (Over locker), F1629.2004. The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).
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