One Gross Pen Wipers, As Found Box of Antique Leather Pen Wipes antique rail sign and it as really quite

and it as really quite a lovely sculptural object altogether

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

by 1876 the company had changed their name to Janentzky & Co

It is signed by a Luisa Wells

One photo shows them with a nickel for scale

One Gross Pen Wipers, As Found Box of Antique Leather Pen Wipes antique rail sign and it as really quiteI'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