Victorian Dried Seaweed Pressing, Isle of Wight #5 large plate and if not in use

and if not in use would put it out somewhere to enjoy it as the lovely sculptural object that it is

with all of their arms still very firmly attached and smoothly swinging

perfect for hanging like a garland across the wall

it feels like bringing a little piece of the ocean or sky inside

Victorian Dried Seaweed Pressing, Isle of Wight #5 large plate and if not in useThis is one 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 like this one signed on back (Maggie, in this case), 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 represented not just a