![]() ![]() You really can’t call them Atlas sewing machines as the company merely reproduced the designs of other inventors. Mostly the company imported different sewing machines and then slapped their tag on it. Records on this company are scarce even though it had 3 locations in London at one time. The company could have been using a different name at either time period. If they were working prior to that start date or after the supposed end date it is not known. The company operated between 18 for a total of 40 years. ![]() The original company was British but it didn’t seem to make its own special brand sewing machine. There was no real heritage to make it worth continuing the company. It makes sense that it would as the owners may not have had anyone to take over for them if they passed on and that the company did not make its own sewing machines. The British Atlas Sewing Machine Company seemed to have stopped trading when the First World War broke out. It is interesting to note that Atlas also imported its Model D from the New Home Sewing Machine Company which is known as Janome today. The Atlas Countess sewing machine was actually a machine made by Canadian Richard Mott Wanzer. They imported from Canada, Germany, and America to just name a few. What makes it hard to trace the history of different Atlas sewing machines is that they were sold under a variety of names even though they were the same machine.Ītlas would also import a lot of their sewing machines and place their label on them. The Atlas B retailed for 2 British Pounds and was guaranteed for 4 years. People thought they were buying a British sewing machine and not a German one. ![]() The owners of Atlas disguised the origination of that machine by placing the name Brunswick on their tag instead of the actual German name Braunschweig. Then the Atlas B was the second sewing machine but it was an import from Germany. Their first machine was the Atlas A which was a copy of the Elias Howe model.Ītlas produced this machine under license from Mr.Howe so there was nothing illegal about this move. ![]() There was one advertisement that stated the company was in its 26th year of operation. There is really little to know about the original company as the names of the owners seem lost to history. ![]()
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