Note how rough some of the castings are in particular, the gear cover and balance wheel.Ĭompletely Nickel-plated the machine has a painted sheet steel domed cover with the Company's Trade Mark on the front. The spool pin is located horizontally on the rear of the arm and is a push fit - Willcox & Gibbs style. The bobbin winder shares features with a Jones Hand and the hand crank handle is wood. The inspection cover on the needlebar is engraved with 'Jones Sewing Machine Compy Limited' and bears the Companys Gryphon Trade. It has the Patent number 6668 and Patent date March 29th 1893 stamped on the front slide plate. to draw the material across the cloth plate rather than the more common four motion feed hence the unusually wide needle head. 5155 An early example of the Jones Family C.
The machine is a chain stitch type using a walking foot cloth feed. The sewing machines shown on this page were made by various British manufacturers.
The machines do not appear to carry a serial number and it is not known how many of each model were produced, nor if the two versions were produced concurrently or consecutively. The "B" type featured various improvements and can easily be identified by it's face plate. The company produced two versions of this machine - this is an example of the "A" type. The design was Patented by Leslie Salter in 1910, however it's believed that the First World War prevented the machine actually going into production. This unusual machine was made by the Ideal Sewing Machine Co.