Leisure object - Toys, child's sewing machine, Circa 1940

Significance

The family of Mrs Nancy Maggs were early settlers in Moorabbin Shire

Physical description

Circa 1940/1950. Child's small tin-plate toy sewing machine. The body of the sewing machine is painted black with red and gold floral decoration - some loss of paintwork. The flywheel is cast, with a wooden handle. Some workings are made of steel. The manufacture is such that the machine could actually be used for sewing small articles.

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