One Gross Pen Wipers, As Found Box of Antique Leather Pen Wipes Benjamin Harnett painting and also a bit perhaps

and also a bit perhaps like Captain Ahab

perfectly folded over top

cut close to the beautifully wavering thin black border of the drawing

) in between

not expecting to find anything

One Gross Pen Wipers, As Found Box of Antique Leather Pen Wipes Benjamin Harnett painting and also a bit perhapsI'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