A few examples from my collection. .

A Wheeler & Wilson number 4 design from about 1875. It has a glass presser foot and a rotating hook with a flat round shuttle to form a lock stitch.	An Original Express from Germany. This is a simple design which uses a rotating hook, invented by James Gibbs in 1857 to produce a twisted chain stitch. This machine is from about 1880.	An Atlas design from Brunswick, Germany. It is a lockstitch with the boat shuttle swinging in a horizontal arc. A shaft running under the base carries a rotating cylinder with grooves which move cams to work the four motion feed and the shuttle. This one is from about 1880.
An early Naumann from Germany. It is a lockstitch with a cam and groove for the needle bar movement.	A Singer 12K fiddlebase. Many of these are still used by artist quilt-makers Millions were sold and kept in working condition. It is a lockstitch with a transverse boat shuttle. This one was made in 1878.	A neat Eagle design incorporating a lockstitch with the shuttle in a horizontal, curved race.
A Wilcox and Gibbs machine. This was the first to use the rotating hook to produce a twisted chain stitch (James Gibbs 1857). It needs only a simple rotary movement and so has been used by many other manufacturers. They were still being produced in the1940's.	A Jones Fiddlebase made in Gudebridge, Manchester. It is a lockstitch with a boat shuttle in a carriage which slides along a bar under the circular workplate on which is inscribed "As Supplies to H R H Princess of Wales". They were produced well into the 1900's.	The Louise. A French lockstitch machine with a curved shuttle race moved by a cam on the lower axle. "The Louise" can just be made out on the head and the words Wilcox & Noble, Wilcox & Carlton and Gibbs can just be seen on the shuttle plate. From about 1880.
A Frister and Rossman from about 1900. This is a german factory based in Swanley, Kent. It is a typical lockstitch with a straight, transverse (left to right) shuttle race. It is very ornate with bright gold and red decals. There are still many of these around in good condition.	Wilcox & Gibbs on a treadle. The W&G treadle is a work of art. It is very ornate with an attractive bronze finish.	A Haid & Neu design from about 1885 made in Karlesruhe, Germany. It is a lockstitch with a curved shuttle race and a cylindrical cam under the deck.
A Wheeler & Wilson number 8 machine. Like the number 4 this still has the glass foot and rotating shuttle but the needle bar moves vertically. There is also an effective take up mechanism.	A Machine of unknown make. It is small and functional utilising the Gibbs rotating hook to produce a twisted chain stitch.	A machine manufactured by James G Weir of London from 1872. This small machine was made in large numbers despite its simple chain stitch produced by a mechanism invented in 1859 by F W Parker.
The Moldacot was a small portable lockstitch machine manufacturd in London and Germany. It was nickel plated and precicely manufacured. The shuttle bobbin was small so it could not go for long without rewinding. The presser foot swung backwards and forwards to advance the cloth.	A Davis made in Watertown NY, in the USA in about 1890. It is a lock-stitch with a vertical feed system. This means that the cloth is advanced by a complicated mechanism which causes the presser foot to oscillate or "walk" so there is no four-motion feed as in most other machines.	An Original-Rhenania made by Junker and Rhu in Baden, Germany. It is a lock-stitch with cylindrical cam to control the four motion feed and shuttle, which runs in a curved race.