SOLD Scarce Set of Early-Mid 19th Century German Sail Needles with Wonderful Engraved Label Weston toy co Found near Lake George in

Found near Lake George in Upstate NY

One tiny pin hole at center right at the top edge

and to my eye quite extraordinary

along with the rest surely someone has use for

thumb to one side and fingers to the other--and her bare feet

SOLD Scarce Set of Early-Mid 19th Century German Sail Needles with Wonderful Engraved Label Weston toy co Found near Lake George inAt the Boston Antiquarian Book Fair last week, I spotted some early sail needles very similar to this set in a vitrine (being sold alongside some other 19th c. nautical materials for a massive sum.) So when I came across these the next day at a show in Maine, I snatched them, mostly because I found the engraving on the label quite wonderful, and that hand inked "No. 5," too, but also as impetus to learn a bit about sail needles made, as self evident,