"Spenser"  Travel Size / Child-SizeToy Antique Sewing Machine "TSM"  The Spenser Sewing Machine Co. hailed from Boston, MA and New York, NY.  They referred to this as their "Automatic Hand Sewing Machine".  It carries several patent dates from 1900, 1901, and 1902 and is a extremely well-made little sewing machine.

We had another of these in the box, that had phrases like  "The sewing machine for summer sewing.  It is just the machine to take to the seashore, country, or mountains." on the label.  Ads for this machine have been found in old Harper's magazines and offering it for the price of $10.00 at the same time that smaller cast iron toy machines cost $5.00 or less, so we can assume that this would be a far rarer machine than many of those cheaper and more commonly bought models.

This machine is fairly complex in design, and measures just 9" tall.  It was obviously meant to pose serious competition to other small sewing machines of the day that were marketed as travel and mending machines.  It was also small enough to be considered a toy, although larger and more complex than say the Smith & Egge or others.

This example is in good condition.  There are wear spots on the sew plate where the name and patent info is.  There is also paint loss to the base where the clamp would attach it to the table.  All in all though it is pretty nice, and a much rarer machine than some other similar ones.   A top shelf collector piece!  

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Good . . . . .  $375.00

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German Muller #15 Cast Iron Toy Sewing Machine / TSM   Muller was the largest and best known of the German toy sewing machine makers. They and Casige dominated the market.   This is a medium size machine compared to the #12 which was larger, or the #20 which was quite a bit smaller.  This example is in pretty nice condition still retaining most of its original paint and decoration.  It is a little dull, and some of the gold highlighting is gone, but would brighten up with a light clean and wax.  A nice machine! 

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ISMC-MUL15-1

Good +. . . . . . .  $195.00

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