Victorian Dried Seaweed Pressing, Isle of Wight #6 vintage box though there are two available

though there are two available

The back side is painted in the same manner as the front

emphasizing the wake at his knees and distant ocean horizon at his waist

I especially love how each card features a mini version of itself in the far corners

Victorian Dried Seaweed Pressing, Isle of Wight #6 vintage box though there are two availableThis is one of the largest among a handful of small seaweed pressings I purchased together, which I think are just exquisitely beautiful! A few of them are signed and dated at bottom, others initialed on back, and this one is unsigned so they represent the work of a few different people, most likely young women, among whom seaweed collecting and pressing was quite the thing during the Victorian era. I love the fact that making these represented not