Antique LS Whiting and popular Company Cotton Carding Tools

popular Antique Old Whittemore Patent Improved No. 10 Cotton Carders. L.S. Watson & Co. in MA. Unique collectors item. Most of the information I found on them dates them back to the 1800's. They were used to clean the seeds from the fresh picked cotton. Theses are in very good condition. There is still some cotton and seed remnants in the teeth of the combs.