Antique Pressed Seaweed Specimen Large Cross, c. 1850s Rockland Maine The top opens easily and

The top opens easily and makes for easy grabbing of whatever is housed inside

Since finding a spectacular entire album of late 19th century schoolgirl cut paper weavings

or kick a leg forward

but it was so lovingly and labor-intensively made (taking three years

I just love this solid walnut top as an object

Antique Pressed Seaweed Specimen Large Cross, c. 1850s Rockland Maine The top opens easily andSince 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,