However hopefully this page will help identify your sewing machine model number in conjunction with the other details we have available relating to sewing machine serial numbers..!
Featherweights having serial numbers that begin with the letter 'J' were mostly made at the St. Singer Featherweights made outside of the US were also given a suffix to their actual model number.
Those manufactured in Kilbowie were modeled given the model number 221 Featherweights manufactured, beginning in 1933Serial Number prefixes beginning with letter 'A' = manufactured in Elizabethport, New Jersey, USASerial Number prefixes beginning with letter 'E' = manufactured in Kilbowie, Scotland, United Kingdom Serial Number prefixes beginning with letter 'J' = manufactured in St.
By checking when the next batch was started, it's possible to get a fairly accurate date of when any particular machine might have left the assembly line.
Featherweights having serial numbers that begin with the prefix letter 'A' were made in Elizabethport, New Jersey, whereas those that begin with the prefix letter 'E' were manufactured in Kilbowie, Scotland.
To date your Singer Featherweight, you will need to locate the serial number on the bottom of your machine.
It has two letters followed by a series of six numbers.
When it comes to Anderson, South Carolina Singer only lists 3 Years of Issue for all NA, NB and NC serial numbers that include Models 301, 301A, 401A, 403A, 500A and 503A.
These years are not completely accurate and are only the years of the entire allotted serial numbers; NA-1951, NB-1956 and NC-1961.
Perhaps someday I'll refurbish it, and when that happens, it will be important to know a little more about the machine.
Thanks to Singer's recent 160th anniversary celebration, I was able to pinpoint my antique machine's model year by entering its serial number into Singer's online database.