Willcox & Gibbs Principle
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If you are planning in expanding your antique sewing machine collection, you should get the Willcox & Gibbs Principle. The different chain stitch sewing machines from the company Wilson & Gibbs is was outrageously popular that several of competitors copied their machines. This includes German and British manufacturers like Frister & Rossman and Britannia Sewing Machine Co.
This particular Willcox & Gibbs Principle example has a serial no of 11650. It is fitted with a European type of hand wheel. It has a very ornately decorated support gantry that is finished in gold paint. Its cloth plate even has stamp of Smith & Co as it was sold by the London sewing machine merchants.