Jones Sewing Machine Serial Numbers
From Sewing Machines we have had with manuals (from which you can get a date) to data collected via the Internet here is a very rough guide you can use to estimate the age of your Jones Sewing Machine. Jones originally in or around 1880 started with a simply numeric list of serial numbers. Type 13 are those sewing machines with the serial number preceded by the letter 'B', included those Jones labelled machines. JONES HAND FAMILY CS sewing machine, had the serial number located on the top right hand side of the bed until and during WW II circa.
Jones & Co labelled their sewing machines for various retailers so they appear under a number of different names. These names may appear as decalson the arm, pillar or on the bed of the machine. Sometimes the retailers name was stamped on the slide plate or inspection cover and some retailers would add their own plaque to the machine. Asmall number of retailers had sewing machines produced with completely different decals to the standard Jones decal sets.
The most extensively labelled machine was the Jones Family C. But the Medium CS, Jones Hand & the Spool machine wereall also sold as labelled machines.The Jones lock-stitch patent, or Jones Hand Machine as named by Jones & Co., was probably first manufacturedin 1874 circa. Jones Hand Machines were also named as 'cat-back', often called 'serpentine' or 'swan neck'. This design was also soldunder the name of 'Empress of India', manufactured by the Canada Sewing Machine Co. (Hamilton, Canada), the 'Eclipse', manufactured by The Eclipse Machine Company of Oldham ( ) and the 'Favourite'.The Jones Family CS was introduced in 1893 and apart fromsome cosmetic improvements remained largely unchanged until 1940 with some 650.000 machines being produced.Jones Medium CS sewing machines, were commonly produced as treadle machines. Approximately 180.000 machines being produceduntil WWII. Based on the comparison of their decals with the Jones Family CS sewing machines and serial number progression, we can only assume Medium CS were first producedbetween 1896 and 1898.Jones Medium Spool sewing machine is a copy of the Wheeler & Wilson No. 9 and is a full rotary hook machine.
Dating A Jones Sewing Machine
Patented on 4thOctober 1889 they were manufactured up to the 1930's.