Antique Pressed Seaweed Specimen #1, c. 1850s Venetian glass bowl cheery face

cheery face

Light staining/foxing and browning & bleeding of what I would guess was once black ink

but that seems a little much

9" x 6 3/4"

Antique Pressed Seaweed Specimen #1, c. 1850s Venetian glass bowl cheery faceSince finding a bundle of antique seaweed pressings from the Isle of Wight a few months ago, I've been looking for more, and so was thrilled to recently find a portfolio of seven of them. They came nicely preserved inside a large piece of paper with folded edges, with "Specimens of Sea Weeds for Mrs. Bindle" hand written on the front. There is a watermark on one piece dated 1852 with the printer name A. Pirie & Sons, who were located in Aberdeen,