They made some that were WAY more ornately decaled than this. Some stunning examples and to think, they made thousands of models and their first machine just after the Civil War. This was considered the seamstress workhorse of the period, so it's a bit of a plain Jane as far as decoration goes.

For those interested, this has been much more difficult than a bike frame. Even my grungy Frejus with 35 years of embedded grime on the finish. Some interesting stuff, that black. It's not paint, per se, but Japanning, made from asphaltum and various resins, same as they used on old Stanley planes, which I used to collect and restore too. And which I used to tear my hair out trying to clean and polish without damaging too much patina. The stuff is softer than paint and was probably less expensive than good enamel paint back in the days of mass produced work tools like this. ScratchX scratches the stuff. I finally figured it out with a 3 step rubbing of gun stock compounds up to 5F. Way more work than I had anticipated but a neat machine to work on. And I love old machines.

And, since there are probably a few here who consider such an obviously off topic post anathema, hey...when you don't have a bike to tinker with and you love tinkering, any port in the storm.

And at least it's not a cat!