SOLD Pair of Super Sculptural Old Industrial Glass Washers (for Beakers?) French darning sampler 6 3/4" l x 4"

6 3/4" l x 4" t x 2 3/8" d (base)

And several illustrations colored by the original owner toward the end

with super saturated color and neatly hand-stitched hem on reverse

Frame measures 14 1/4" x 10 1/4"

and these feel rather like pure medicinal-grade doses of it

SOLD Pair of Super Sculptural Old Industrial Glass Washers (for Beakers?) French darning sampler 6 3/4" l x 4"When I found these the other day I had no idea what they were, I just thought they were really excellent looking, and a bit like make do miniature Christmas trees! I have since learned that they would have been used for washing glass, with the wire springs (which are held very taught) providing and abrasive surface, and with the threaded ends, looking like lightbulb sockets, screwing into some sort of industrial machine. Their conical shapes suggests