A vintage sewing machine, made in Germany for the British market, and carrying the mark of Hamburg distributor J Silberberg

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At one time, many of the sewing machines sold in Britain were imported from Germany, including this machine, one of many that passed through the hands of distributor J Silberberg of Hamburg. They obtained them from a number of different manufacturers and sold them under a bewildering variety of brand names. ‘Gloriana’ is a name associated with the products of one of their known suppliers, Anker-Werke of Bielefeld. It dates, perhaps, from the 1920s.

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Size: 4287px × 2848px
Photo credit: © David Knighton / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: antique, bobbins, bygones, cotton, gloriana, life, machine, reels, sewing, shells, silberberg, sylko, thread, vintage