Decal

Sphinx Variant (Indian Star)

Official Singer name: 23 Indian Sphinx

In use up to 1940

In use for Classes:

15

Based on the Sphinx / Memphis design, in the Indian national colors, with the Indian Star on the bed plate. The Indian Star decal was an attempt to stimulate the emerging Indian market at the beginning of the 20th century. Entering this market was not easy, though. The main difficulties were overcoming caste prejudice, language differences and limited access to women.
The Indian Star machines say 'Singer' in different languages on each point of the star: Onya, Singhalese, Gujarati, Kannada, Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam (or Tamil), Urdu.
The Indian Star appears as a variant in several decals, on different models.

Verified Machines

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Total n.: 1

Factories:

Kilbowie, Clydebank (Scotland, UK)

Verified Classes:

15

Verified years: 1941

Singer decal set Sphinx Variant (Indian Star)

Factories

Factory	Tot. Machines	Classes	Years
Kilbowie, Clydebank (Scotland, UK)	1	15	1941

Classes

Class	Tot. Machines	Factories	Years
15	1	Kilbowie, Clydebank (Scotland, UK)	1941

About the data shown here

The information here about the use of decals in factories and classes is based on “verified machines” currently recorded in our database. We currently do not have an official Singer source about which decals were in use where and when and on which machines.

Our dataset is continuously growing as new machines are documented and shared by collectors and researchers. As a result, the details presented here should be considered indicative and may be updated over time.

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