In most cases the disputes between separating husbands and wives centre on the unpaid instalment plans for expensive items such as sports cars, caravans or holiday cottages.
Equipment instalment plans allow customers with good credit histories to pay for their devices through monthly instalments with no initial down payment.
Its owner bought it in 1911, on the instalment plan, and included in the exhibit are her payment receipt book and an heirloom christening gown sewn on this machine.
