Antique Pressed Seaweed Specimen #2, c. 1850s standing figure complete with cut paper hands

complete with cut paper hands

Marked China on the back side

or else taken on the road

Aged and worn in the best of ways

Definitely worthy of  framing and hanging

Antique Pressed Seaweed Specimen #2, c. 1850s standing figure complete with cut paper handsSince 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