Sewing Machine Kitty's Electric

Object/Artifact

Mississippi Valley Textile Museum

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

2017.17.16

Description

Plastic white and pink sewing machine, electric. This item is titled "Kitty's Battery Operate Sewing Machine" and is part of a sewing machine toy collection by the company "NK Toys".

Collection

Home crafts Collection

Cataloged By

Whit, Elizabeth

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Machine, Sewing

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Machine, Needlework

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Needleworking Equipment

Nomenclature Class

Textileworking T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 04: Tools & Equipment for Materials

Location

Shelf

Shelf 75

Room

Collections Room

Building

M.V.T.M.

Date

November 7, 2023

Location

Shelf

60, 60

Room

Counting House

Building

M.V.T.M.

Moved By

Whit, Elizabeth

Date

August 24, 2017

Research Notes

Research Type

Researcher

Person

Marissa Brodie

Date

Oct 22, 2025

Notes

Images of this item in its original packaging were discovered on an eBay listing (see Ref. 1 and 2). The title of the item and the company’s name are visible on the front of the box. Further research revealed that the toy sewing machine’s company, “NK”, had released an identical model of the sewing machine, but featuring a different girl and name on it: "Annie" (see Ref. 3). From these findings, it may provide some context regarding this item in the collection. It could be inferred that NK released a line of toy sewing machine, with each product and its packaging depicting a distinct character created by the company. Further investigation could be conducted to determine whether NK released other characters. Sources: [1] Dmvpicker05. "Kitty’s battery-operated sewing machine." eBay. https://www.ebay.com/itm/166733116415 Accessed: October 22, 2025. [2] retrotechnicon. "Kitty's Battery Operated Sewing Machine Hong Kong, In Box Working Circa 1980S." PicClick. https://picclick.com.au/Kittys-Battery-Operated-Sewing-Machine-Hong-Kong-In-115851060262.html Accessed: October 24, 2025 [3] World Vintage Toys Shop. "VINTAGE NK TOYS No509 ANNIE SEWING MACHINE BATTERY OPERATED NEW IN BOX RARE." eBay. https://www.ebay.com/itm/286132476449?chn=ps&mkevt=1&mkcid=28&google_free_listing_action=view_item&srsltid=AfmBOooPxsqRlQZZKyFj_QUbISvdfJ1acJFP6GefdSYCMfeHoVf8lLeB5yc Accessed: October 22, 2025

General Notes

Note

Status: OK Status By: Cotter, Ellen Status Date: 2022-03-24

Created By

[email protected]

Create Date

August 24, 2017

Updated By

[email protected]

Update Date

October 25, 2025