Victorian Sea Moss Specimens Album with Manuscript Poems, Boothbay Harbor and Nantucket antique hand-pain ted fan with the pleasure of holding

with the pleasure of holding and using it a nice offset to the endlessness of weeding

with hair and heart tight and firmly attached

earlier than later 19th century I believe

Great old chippy white paint on both sides (the white in photos varies a bit

which I don’t think detract at all

Victorian Sea Moss Specimens Album with Manuscript Poems, Boothbay Harbor and Nantucket antique hand-pain ted fan with the pleasure of holdingI've had a few Victorian sea moss albums and booklets over the years, but this the first with handwritten verses to accompany the mosses on every page. "Was this the fringe of a sea nymph's robe Caught in the door of a coral cave Loosened by waters that span the globe And tossed ashore on a foamy wave?" Very Victorian indeed! The maker of this was clearly devoted to the effort, and in most cases documented the type of sea moss and also where it was