One Gross Pen Wipers, As Found Box of Antique Leather Pen Wipes antique rail sign spreads seeds of unrest

spreads seeds of unrest

or incorporated into something new

It is signed by a Luisa Wells

One photo shows them with a nickel for scale

and it as really quite a lovely sculptural object altogether

One Gross Pen Wipers, As Found Box of Antique Leather Pen Wipes antique rail sign spreads seeds of unrestI'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