FRISTER & ROSSMANN

Transverse  Shuttle  (TS)

Sewing Machines from 1888 to 1925

   

F&R 573.493 # 321.493  (1888 c.)  TS 1
F&R 573.493 # 321.493 (1888 c.) TS 1

TS 1   "3 Stars & Snowflakes"

573.000 (1888) -- 575.000  (1888)

Mother of pearl decorations. Shuttle ejector button. Bobbin winder  Patent D.R.P. No. 12784.  Attachments compartment inside the wooden lid. Rectangular plate for thread thicknesses according to the needle size. Large flywheel.

F&R 582.120#328.120  (1889 c.)  TS 1-1
F&R 582.120#328.120 (1889 c.) TS 1-1

TS 1-1 "3 Stars & Snowflakes"

 

578.000 (1888) -- 709.100  (1895)

 

Attachments compartment inside the wooden lid. Large flywheel. A silver pull down lever on the left of the arm. The silver pull down lever later was replaced by an access hole.

F&R 718.112#438.112  (1895 c.)  TS 1-2
F&R 718.112#438.112 (1895 c.) TS 1-2

TS 1-2 "3 Stars & Snowflakes"

 

709.800  (1895) -- 725.000  (1896)

 

Attachments compartment  inside the wooden lid. The silver pull down lever on the left has been replaced by an access hole. "Later this is omitted altogether".

F&R 584.039 # 330.039  (1889 c.)  TS 2
F&R 584.039 # 330.039 (1889 c.) TS 2

TS 2                 "Rock Rose"

1889 c.

 

Shuttle ejector button. Bobbin winder Pat. D.R.P. No. 12784. Attachments compartment inside the wooden lid. Rectangular plate for thread thicknesses according to the needle size. Large flywheel. A silver pull down lever on the left of the arm.

F&R 782.222  (1897 c.)  TS 3
F&R 782.222 (1897 c.) TS 3

TS 3          "Snowflakes"

 

732.000  (1896)  --  902.000  (1900)

 

New shuttle ejection mechanism via the front sliding plate. Attachments compartment  inside the wooden lid. A third sliding plate has appeared to the front of the machine. A slim flywheel.

 

 

 

1896   771.382 is the first machine badged W.PIERSSENE 49 Fore Street 

1897   # 774.345 is the last machine badged S.LOEWE 49 Fore Street

 

F&R 913.491  (1909)  TS 3-1
F&R 913.491 (1909) TS 3-1

TS 3-1      "Snowflakes"

904.300  (1900)  --  919.000  (1900)  

The rectangular plate shows suitable thread thicknesses according to the needle size used was replaced on left side of the arm by a brass plate.

F&R 972.843  (1902 c.)  TS 3-2
F&R 972.843 (1902 c.) TS 3-2

TS 3-2              "Snowflakes"

 

920.000  (1901)  --  980.799  (1902)

 

Bobbin winder Patent D.R.P.  No. 12784. Attachments compartment  inside the wooden lid. The rectangular plate shows suitable thread thicknesses according to the needle size used has been definitively removed.

F&R 1.023.167  (1903 c.)  TS 4
F&R 1.023.167 (1903 c.) TS 4

TS 4           "Oak Leaves"

980.800  (1902)  --  1.113.500  (1905)

 

New bobbin winder. This bobbin winder type was also used on the VS machines. Attachments compartment  inside the wooden lid.

F&R 1.229.536  (1907 c.)  TS 4-1
F&R 1.229.536 (1907 c.) TS 4-1

TS 4-1           "Oak Leaves"

1.124.000  (1905)  --  1.237.399  (1907)

 

This new bobbin winder type was also used on the VS machines. Attachments compartment on wood base.

 

 

"Red Lilies"

TS model

from  # 1.237.400  (1907)   to   # 1.664.100   (1923)

"Red Lilies" decals, Frister & Rossmann's long-lasting "decals style", were also used for different models such as the TSH (Hybrid) from 1916 c. until the acquisition of the company by Gritzner in 1925 and TS48-K from 1925 until the dissolution of Frister & Rossmann in 1929.

Red lilies are said to mean love and passion.

F&R 1.387.275  (1911 c.)  TS 5
F&R 1.387.275 (1911 c.) TS 5

TS 5   "Red Lilies"

 

1.237.400  (1907)  --  1.387.850   (1911)

 

 

old style for the attachments compartment

F&R 1.269.341  (1908 c.)  TS 5-1
F&R 1.269.341 (1908 c.) TS 5-1

TS 5-1    "Red Lilies"

 

1.247.400  (1908)  --  1.280.000  (1908)

 

 

new style for the attachments compartment

F&R 1.401.897  (1912 c.)  TS 5-2
F&R 1.401.897 (1912 c.) TS 5-2

TS 5-2     "Red Lilies"

1.401.400  (1912)  --  1.518.000  (1915)

FRISTER & ROSSMANN  BERLIN

on top of the arm

F&R 1.489.132  (1914)  TS 5-3
F&R 1.489.132 (1914) TS 5-3

TS 5-3          "Red Lilies"

 

1.489.132    (1914)

 

 

NOT  BADGE

 

not names nowhere

F&R 1.563.086  NOT  BADGE  (1916 c.)  TS 5-4
F&R 1.563.086 NOT BADGE (1916 c.) TS 5-4

TS 5-4      "Red Lilies"

 

1.525.000  (1916)  --  1.567.699  (1916)

 

 

NOT  BADGE

 

BERLIN nowhere

F&R 1.567.296 NOT  BADGE  TS 5-4
F&R 1.567.296 NOT BADGE TS 5-4
s/n 1.595.735  NOT  BADGE  (1917)  TS 5-5
s/n 1.595.735 NOT BADGE (1917) TS 5-5

TS 5-5    "Red Lilies"

1.574.420 (1917)  --  1.595.735 (1917 )

 

 

NOT  BADGE

 

FRISTER & ROSSMANN

on top of the arm

TS 5-5
TS 5-5

TS 5-6

1.567.823 (1917)

 

 

F&R 1.615.303 model K (1920 c.)  TS 5-K
F&R 1.615.303 model K (1920 c.) TS 5-K

TS 5-K     "Red Lilies"

 

1.615.000  (1920)  --  1.664.250  (1923)

 

 

Oliver Quitmann

18 CITY ROAD LONDON

 

 

F&R  1.425.477  (1913)  TS 6
F&R 1.425.477 (1913) TS 6

TS 6          "Wheaten" 

 

# 1.425.477  (1913)

 

 

BADGED

F&R  1.537.042  (1916)  TS 6-1
F&R 1.537.042 (1916) TS 6-1

TS 6-1       "Wheaten

 

# 1.537.042  (1916)

 

NOT  BADGE

 

 

HARROD'S  TS

 From about 1900, Frister & Rossmann machines are branded and sold by London's Harrods Stores until 1914.

 

F&R 897.070  (1900)  TS 3  Harrod's
F&R 897.070 (1900) TS 3 Harrod's

Harrod's  TS 3

"Snowflakes"

 

Sold through

AGENTS HARROD'S, LIMITED Brompton Road.

The brass badge with W. Pierssene 49 Fore Street address in London is still in place with the Harrod's logo on the bed of the sewing machines.

 

 

 

 

Harrod's  TS 3-1

"Snowflakes"

 

The brass badge with the PIERSSENE 49 Fore Street address in London still on the arm of the machine.

F&R 915.386  (1901)  TS 3-1  "Snowflakes"
F&R 915.386 (1901) TS 3-1 "Snowflakes"
F&R 915.386  (1901)  TS 3-1  "Snowflakes"
F&R 915.386 (1901) TS 3-1 "Snowflakes"

 

 

 

Harrod's  TS 4

"Oak Leaves"  

In 1903, coincidentally, when F&R reached one million machines produced, the No. 15 will be added to the Harrod's logo. The brass badge with the PIERSSENE 49 Fore Street address in London still on the arm of the machine.

F&R 1.189.059  (1906)  TS 4  -  Harrod's
F&R 1.189.059 (1906) TS 4 - Harrod's
F&R 1.189.059  (1906)  TS 4  -  Harrod's
F&R 1.189.059 (1906) TS 4 - Harrod's

 

 

 

Harrod's  TS 5

"Red Lilies"   

By 1907, on Harrod's "Red Lilies" series of TS sewing machines, the brass badge of the F&R company was removed.

F&R 1.325.719  (1910) TS 5  Series
F&R 1.325.719 (1910) TS 5 Series
F&R 1.325.719  (1910) TS 5  Series
F&R 1.325.719 (1910) TS 5 Series


 

 

1888

S. LOEWE   49 FORE STREET

 

 

1896

W. PIERSSENE 49 FORE STREET

771.382 is the first machine badged W.PIERSSENE 49 Fore Street

 

 

1897

# 774.345 is the last machine badged S.LOEWE 49 Fore Street

 

 

1910

# 1.330.104 is the last machine badged W. PIERSSENE 49 Fore Street

 

 

1911

W. PIERSSENE 24-25 FORE STREET

# 1.332.239 is the first machine badged W. PIERSSENE 24/25 Fore Street

 

 

1903

In July the sewing machines production reach one million

 

 

 1914

4 August 1914 , United Kingdom declared war on the German Empire

W. PIERSSENE who was in the employ of F&R at this time, left the company for a new sewing machine manufacturer, the English VICKERS.

 

 

1915 - 1916 - 1917

from # 1.490.000   to # 1.570.000

# 1.492.547 is the last machine badged W. PIERSSENE 24/25 Fore Street

After 1.497.000 circa NOT BADGE on the arm and not BERLIN elsewhere. It is possible that about 20.000 or more, sewing machines without have been badged, were sold between 1915 and 1917 to the United Kingdom and to their allies despite the embargo on Germany export.

 

 

1918 

from # 1.570.000   to  # 1.585.000

11 November 1918  end of WWI

From # 1.600.000 circa the F&R sewing machines are again badged with the new English sole agent Oliver Quitmann based at 18 City Road in London.

 

 

1925

# 1.664.099 last TS model serial number for the year 1925

1,664,099 last serial number of the TS model for the year 1925

In this year the history of the Frister & Rossmann company ended. It was taken over by the Gritzner company from Karlsruhe, Durlach, which later, in 1931, merged with the Kayser company from Kaiserslautern.

  

 

 

Gritzner  #  862.187  (1901 c.)
Gritzner # 862.187 (1901 c.)
Frister & Rossmann # 973.678 (1902 c.)
Frister & Rossmann # 973.678 (1902 c.)