Jones Labelled Machines

JONES LABELLED MACHINES

Jones & Co labelled their sewing machines for various retailers so they appear under a number of different names. These names may appear as decals on 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. A small 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. S. but the Medium CS, Jones Hand & the Spool machine were all also sold as labelled machines.

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The Jones lock-stitch patent, or Jones Hand Machine as named by Jones & Co., was probably first manufactured in 1874 circa. Jones Hand Machines were also named as "cat-back", often called "serpentine" or "swan neck". This design was also sold under 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 (Shepherd, Rothwell & Hough) and the "Favourite".

The Jones Family CS was introduced in 1893 and apart from some 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 produced until 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 produced between 1896 and 1898.

Jones Medium Spool sewing machine is a copy of the Wheeler & Wilson No. 9 and is a full rotary hook machine. Patented on 4th October 1889 they were manufactured up to the 1930's.