Bidspirit auction | A Collection of Vintage Sewing

A Collection of Vintage Sewing Notions and Ephemera in a Tapestry Inset Wooden Box including a 1916 Singer Instruction Manual - A vintage rectangular wooden sewing box featuring a hinged lid inset with a floral tapestry panel and a lift-out internal wooden tray. The box contains an assortment of sewing tools and ephemera, including an original instruction manual for the Singer Sewing Machine No. 99, dated 1916, featuring a blue-green cover and handwritten date notation. The collection includes multiple metal bobbins in a yellow plastic tray, numerous bundles of Anchor brand stranded cotton embroidery floss in various colours, and two wooden darning mushrooms, one finished in pale green and the other featuring a black and white transfer-decorated top. Additional items comprise a wooden souvenir needle case marked Shanklin Chine, a coiled yellow tape measure, assorted metal sewing machine presser feet, a card of black buttons, a novelty plastic miniature stein, and vintage cardboard packaging for a Sylkshene wardrobe bag.