Rare 1885 orginal Hurtu Nouvelle machine A fil continu model B Sewing Machine

Description

Very rare approx. 1885  Hurtu  Nouvelle Model B sewing machine head. The machine is untouched and unrestored. Left as found. It is complete with bobbin holder and bobbin,. It turns well. Some of the decal still in good condition. Needs a nice treadle or wooden display base. This is a museum piece. It is the larger version of the Hurtu Nouvelle A. Designed for more heavy work.
On the sliding plate which needs to be cleaned it reads:
Serial no. 14267
Hurtu Bté SGDG PARIS
MACHINE A FIL COINT.NU
The most ingenious introduction of the late 1880s was the 'Nouvelle machine à fil continu' (the new continuous thread machine). The name implied that it could use continuous supplies of thread like the Grover and Baker stitch machines. However, it was merely a rotary hook lockstitch machine with a larger than usual bobbin, so that bobbin winding was required less often than with most machines. Apart from the complicated bobbin assembly, the machine was a copy of the layout of the Wheeler and Wilson No. 8 rotary hook machine. The machine came in two sizes; A (smaller) and B (larger). For those who could not cope with the bobbin assembly there was a very similar vibrating shuttle version.
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