Antique Pressed Seaweed Specimen #3, c. 1850s green paint along with a clean tear

along with a clean tear to the lower right edge

One sees these old carved figures around now and then

4 1/8" x 3 1/8"  x 15/16"

who we know from a couple of letters tucked in a marbled paper pouch at the front of the book

beautiful filled with most anything

Antique Pressed Seaweed Specimen #3, c. 1850s green paint along with a clean tearSince 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. 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 name A. Pirie & Sons, who were located in Aberdeen,