Just picked this up at my local thrift shop, a duplicate of one that REA ran in a 2011 auction that appeared to be used in the first manufacture of baseballs by Harwood & Sons starting in 1858, at least according to a metal plate attached to the REA example. Mine doesn't have the plate nor the bench-maker etched into the wood as with REA's. I'm not hopeful, but anybody have anything to add to REA's write-up of this baby? Not sure what to do with it, but might take it to Chantilly and see if REA wants to run this one.
https://collectrea.com/archives/2011...titching-bench