FRISTER & ROSSMANN
Transverse Shuttle (TS48)
Sewing Machines from 1887 to 1925
TS48 # 548.339 ................................ 1887 c.
Bobbin winder German Patent D.R.P. No. 12784 (1881)
From serial number 224.600 (1880 c.), FB model was provided with the new bobbin winder.
From serial number 313.732 (1883 c.), FB model was provided with shuttle ejector button.
From serial number 561.276 (1888 c.), FB model was also provided with a new white porcelain knob.
TS48-1 # 562.421 FR 311.421 ....................... 1887 c.
Bobbin winder German Patent D.R.P. No. 12784
TS48-2 # 573.724 FR 321.724 ........................ 1888 c.
Bobbin winder German Patent D.R.P. No. 12784
With shuttle ejector button.
White porcelain knob.
TS48-2 # 722.604 FR 442.604 ........................ 1895 c.
New Bobbin Winder
TS48-3 ...... s/n 732.283 # 450.283 .............................. circa 1895
TS48-4 # 811.855 ................................... 1897 c.
New Bobbin Winder VS machines style
Addition of an extra sliding plate on Cloth Bed
White porcelain knob
TS48-5 # 906.007 ................................... 1900 c.
New Bobbin Winder VS machines style
Addition of an extra sliding plate on Cloth Bed
TS48-6 # 1.182.908 ................................. 1906 c.
New Bobbin Winder VS machines style
Addition of an extra sliding plate on Cloth Bed
White porcelain knob
TS48-6 var 1 ...... s/n 1.227.698 .................................. circa 1907
TS48-6 var 2 ...... s/n 1.316.123 ................................ circa 1909
TS48-7 # 1.325.994 ................................. 1909 c.
New Bobbin Winder VS machines style
Addition of an extra sliding plate on Cloth Bed
New style for the attachments compartment
[VS 4-3 from # 1.250.500 (1908 c.) to # 1.277.000 (1908 c.)]
TS48-8 ...... s/n 1.338.831 ........................................... circa 1910
TS48-8 # 1.445.259 ................................. 1913 c.
Nickel-plated or chromed front head (face plate)
New Bobbin Winder VS machines style
White porcelain knob
Addition of an extra sliding plate on Cloth Bed
New style for the attachments compartment
[VS 4-3 from # 1.250.500 (1908 c.) to # 1.277.000 (1908 c.)]
TS48-9 # 1.519.322 ................................. 1915 c.
New Decals (Bird of Paradise)
No Badge
New Bobbin Winder VS machines style
Addition of an extra sliding plate on Cloth Bed
New style for the attachments compartment
[VS 4-3 from # 1.250.500 (1908 c.) to # 1.277.000 (1908 c.)]
TS48-10 ..... s/n 1.519.322 ........................................... circa 1915
1925
The old serial numbers end with 1.700.000 circa and the new serial numbers start from 3.660.000 circa.
In this year the history of the Frister & Rossmann company ended. It was taken over by the Gritzner company from Karlsruhe, Durlach, which later merged with the Kayser company from Kaiserslautern.
made under GRITZNER
