One Gross Pen Wipers, As Found Box of Antique Leather Pen Wipes antique rail sign by 1876 the company had

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

One photo shows them with a nickel for scale

It is signed by a Luisa Wells

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 by 1876 the company hadI'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