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Vtg Child's Sewing Machine Casige brnd w/German Eagle & Key Trademark, Model #25
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Up for this auction is a Vintage Child's Sewing Machine made by the Casige Company in Germany. The name Casige - pronounced Kaseege - was one of the great German toy makers of the 20th century although the original company had been founded some 50 years earlier specializing in piano locks. The Company name comes from a mixture of letters of the founder of the company, Carl Sieper( Carl Sieper of Gevenbroich, Gevelsberg) & his town of Gevelsberg, Westfalen in Germany. Ca--si--ge.A year after Queen Victoria's death in 1901 Carl Sieper II, the grandson of the original company founder, was asked if he could supply cheap small sewing machines to schools. Carl had already seen the huge Muller toy factory and had a tour. He knew that to expand his company he needed contracts and a lucrative school contract would be a good start into the sewing business. The first sewing machine to come off their production lines was the model No 1 in 1902. Who would have guessed these little sewing machines would have survived two world wars & over 70 years!Carl must have known that he was going to produce sewing machines before 1902, as it is impossible to set up such a business quickly. To change the factory around with the foundry & machining would have taken months if not years.Casige produced toys from 1902 right up until 1975.As I mentioned earlier, Casige produced locks - hence the company trademark of a great German eagle clasping a key - said to be the key to their success!Casige produced millions of machines in endless patterns & designs.UP FOR THIS AUCTION IS CASIGE MODEL #25, "RED RIDING HOOD" Although this machine does not have "Casige" stamped on it, it does have the company logo on the table; an eagle holding the key to their success. The condition is good, mild pitting as shown with beautiful tole decoration of Little Red Riding Hood & the Wolf in the woods.