Cherub frame Improvement in Sewing machine patent model. Patent specification for Patent No. 19,015 shows the Cherub. David W. Clark of Bridgeport, Connecticut, patentee. Issued Jan. 5, 1858
James Perry received Patent 22,148 on November 23, 1858 for an improvement on sewing machines. His patent model looks prepared to gallop away. In fact, none of the legs move. The horse front hides the patented mechanical features. In his patent specification, Perry states that his improvements are for the looping mechanism, the cloth feeder, and the thread tension, which are pictured in detail in the patent drawing. A second page shows the overall view of the model, with the horse being labeled A. The specification merely notes that A is the frame and no further mention is made concerning the horse design. Perry may have selected it thinking that his model would stand out from the other sewing machine models upon being displayed in the Museum of Models in the Patent Office in Washington, D.C.. Perry's patent model personifies the inventor's ingenuity and represents the fine art of model making.
Design Patent 1,156, Issued October 25, 1859 to W. N. Brown, for ornamenting sewing machines. The design includes a draped female figure, a serpent, and caryatid-like part-serpent female figure, entwined around the frame of the machine. The patentee's place of residence is not noted on the patent office tag.
Patent model, Improvement in Sewing Machines, David W. Clark, of Bridgeport, CT. Patent No. 20,481 June 8, 1858, Model uses an elaborate "Foliage" frame,
Patent specification for Patent No. 19,129 shows "dolphin" frame or mount used for this model. Patent issued Jan. 19, 1858 to David W. Clark of Bridgeport, Connecticut.
This spinning wheel was patented by Wm. H. Peabody of Woodbury, Conn. Dec. 14, 1812. This is a wooden model, not a patent model, 13 inches high, 4 inches wide, 10 inches long having a treadle fastened to base, which drives a large wheel set on sloping table supported by 4 legs--driving pulleys operate the spindle and flier (spindle missing.)
