Manufactured by The Franklin Sewing Machine Company, Franklin Works, Birmingham.
Prior to 1875 The Franklin Sewing Machine Co. was taken over by Joseph Harris & Co. which continued to produce the Agenoria..
Joseph Harris & Co then purchased another Birmingham sewing machine manufacturer A. Maxfield & Co. and renamed the newly enlarged company The Imperial Sewing Machine Co. In 1877 this firm was taken over by the Royal Sewing Machine Company.
All these companies produced Agenoria machines, the Maxfield version however was significantly different in that it did not use the Harris & Judson patented movement and had a loose balance wheel.
What is unusual is no matter which company produced the machine the brass needlebar covers are, with the exception of the Company name and other wording, virtually identical and showing the same image of the deity Agenoria - Goddess of Industy & Silence seated next to a prone Lion.
