SOLD Scarce Set of Early-Mid 19th Century German Sail Needles with Wonderful Engraved Label Weston toy co 13" x 4 7/8" widest

13" x 4 7/8" widest x 1 5/16" thick

) I love the look of those labels

Sight 3 1/4" x 2 3/8"

all the more so for the details captured

SOLD Scarce Set of Early-Mid 19th Century German Sail Needles with Wonderful Engraved Label Weston toy co 13" x 4 7/8" widestAt 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,