Victorian Dried Seaweed Pressing, Isle of Wight #7 travel writing box and super wearable

and super wearable

4" tall including post

from tile to lamps to bowls

but I really love the "WHITE" and "BLACK" carved at the opposite ends of this one

But it is the expression on the face of the man at the center upon which I think the painting hinges-- elusive

Victorian Dried Seaweed Pressing, Isle of Wight #7 travel writing box and super wearableThis is among the two largest of 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 a few like this one 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