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I just thought that before it became a sewing box it may have been something rare ?
The fact that it is a sewing box may have preserved the remains very well ?
Could it be an HMV Junior Monarch ? I have no idea.
It seems to still have the speed control (maybe ?) - I would love to know what it once was !
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I wonder what this used to be ?
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MikeB
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Re: I wonder what this used to be ?
I own its cousin.... I think mine was a Monarch. Yours looks like a Monarch Senior. Both hurt my eyes.
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jamiegramo
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Re: I wonder what this used to be ?
I vote for Monarch Senior too... the columns appear fluted and the beading around the lid is not rope pattern suggesting a 12 inch turntable machine from around 1905. I was vaguely surprised the auctioneer knows what it is but I guess the G&T banner is still readable.
Could be a useful part for someone looking for a decent case. It doesn’t look that messed around with.
A ladies sewing box is one up from a gentleman’s tool box which is one up from the dump.
Could be a useful part for someone looking for a decent case. It doesn’t look that messed around with.
A ladies sewing box is one up from a gentleman’s tool box which is one up from the dump.
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MikeB
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Re: I wonder what this used to be ?
I should buy the other one. Then I'd have a set. But I don't even sew!
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Oedipus
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Re: I wonder what this used to be ?
Yes, Monarch Senior, by the top moulding and also the dial speed control, the underneath part of which is visible. But Poodling Around's Monarch ('Style No 12') is a much rarer case. It gave way to the familiar Cockleshell after a year or two.
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Re: I wonder what this used to be ?
A problem with this site is we often don’t know where people are located. If MikeB is in America (his Avatar picture shows a Victor 1), then could this be the base of a Victor M Monarch? The Style No 12 appears the same to me.