Antique Pressed Seaweed Specimen #2, c. 1850s standing figure Switzerland and Norway

Switzerland and Norway

a tiny fold in the bottom left corner

made of three carved layers of wood

Aged and worn in the best of ways

complete with cut paper hands

Antique Pressed Seaweed Specimen #2, c. 1850s standing figure Switzerland and NorwaySince 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, which are larger inn size and more varied than the last. 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