Victorian Dried Seaweed Pressing, Isle of Wight, #1 Betty and Vyt circa 1920s-40s vintage Japanese footed

circa 1920s-40s vintage Japanese footed ceramic cachepot

3 3/8" tall x 1 1/4" wide x 7/8" deep

as certainly they were before incorporated into the piece

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

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 circa 1920s-40s vintage Japanese footedThis 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