Victorian Dried Seaweed Pressing, Isle of Wight #6 vintage box without a flaw that I

without a flaw that I can see

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

I  love this large

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 without a flaw that IThis 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