The small 'New England Style" sewing machines were manufactured by Nettleton & Raymond Co (1859-1865), but others manufactured copycat New England style machines, as well, during the same time period. No records indicate any of the New England style machines were produced after 1865.

( Just as a time reference: ... Lincoln Dies & the Civil War ends in 1865. )

Patent infringements - ie outright theft, of ideas was the norm at that time (These guys were not at all subtle, & once they decided to steal your idea, they tended to steal it all - right down to the last screw, making it hard to know who made these machines.) Most were not marked, & any differentiation based on paint or decals gets lost after 140 years.

Age can be determined on this one, because of the unusual walking foot. Note the jagged teeth on the bottom of the presser foot. It travels in a loop, circling up from the fabric as the needle goes in, then up & over, coming down onto the fabric just a smidge closer to the front, as the needle comes back up. Repeat, & as it does so, it drags the fabric backward for the next stitch.

This was a wonderful piece of engineering, & it works, but you have to have the timing just right, so when someone came up with the idea of feed dogs coming up from below the sewing surface, that became the norm for everyone immediately. This walking foot was only made for a few years, & that's how we know exactly when it was made (within 3-ish yrs, anyway).

This machine was in pretty rough condition when I got it, & it was missing vital pieces, like the stitch regulator, which controls the stitch length (weirdly, it won't work at all without it.) It was frozen, there was significant rust, & most of the decorations were gone, except the front face plate, & that was hand painted, so no duplicating that. It did have large, & somewhat gaudy flowers on it - similar to all the NE style machines I've seen, so I went with some pretty big floral decorations, too. The decals I used are gold, but the colored parts are hand painted. I used a medium Pink for the flower petals, & 2 shades of green for the leaves.

The Thread spool was pretty bent when I got it, so I had to carefully bend it back as much as i dared. It's still not totally level, but at least it will hold a spool now, & I really didn't dare push it any further, for fear of breaking it in half.

As usual, I refurbished it completely.

(ie, derust, sand smooth, paint, polish bare metal, decorate, spray protection for the decorations, then polish with high end Car polish).

Sold on Ebay in late August , 2019.