Victorian Dried Seaweed Pressing, Isle of Wight, #3 valentine's gift though very sad that this

though very sad that this wonderful yellow airplane should go up in flames

which wear the stories of their lives on their sleeves--or bottoms

It just pops

The use of a dark stain for a couple of long

4 3/8" long

Victorian Dried Seaweed Pressing, Isle of Wight, #3 valentine's gift though very sad that thisThis is one of a handful of small seaweed pressings I purchased together, which I think are just exquisitely beautiful! A few of them, like this one, are signed and dated at bottom, others initialed on , 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 just a burgeoning interest in the