Victorian Dried Seaweed Pressing, Isle of Wight, #1 Betty and Vyt postmarked 1911

postmarked 1911

And then how their boat is just sailing atop those great graphic waves—echoed by swirling sky

) The underside of the lid on this one is stamped "Lincoln Institute for Psychology

with some dry rot to the wood in one area on one piece and small dings and scuffs all over

And then the fact that this wonderful dog appears to be blind in one eye

Victorian Dried Seaweed Pressing, Isle of Wight, #1 Betty and Vyt postmarked 1911This is the first of a handful of small seaweed pressings I purchased together, which I think are just exquisitely beautiful! A few of them, including this one, are signed and dated (1867 I believe, though possibly 1887) at bottom, others initialed on back, 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