One Gross Pen Wipers, As Found Box of Antique Leather Pen Wipes antique rail sign and must say it's pretty

and must say it's pretty fun to arrange and photograph in groupings--with these eggs and bacon and potatoes being perhaps my favorite of all

or incorporated into something new

and there is a tiny loss of lacquer (which is real

Both were opened from the top

spreads seeds of unrest

One Gross Pen Wipers, As Found Box of Antique Leather Pen Wipes antique rail sign and must say it's prettyI've never come across a box of these before, nor had the dealer I purchased them from, who has seen just about everything! I did just happen (scrolling through ebay) to come across a tiny naive watercolor, mid 19th c., painted on a round of leather just like one of these making me think, as does the packaging, that this box full is about that old. I just love this as a found object, with excellent green paper "Penwipers" label on plain cardboard box