Tiarella Cordifolia (Foamflower) Plant Specimen from 1879 Herbarium silver pin cushion Stamped China on the underside

Stamped China on the underside

Really a beautiful piece from top to bottom

Though it is fairly rare that all 24 pegs would be needed

too--and a good sized one at 70 1/2" x 40 1/4" (so almost 6 x  3 1/2 feet)

Tiarella Cordifolia (Foamflower) Plant Specimen from 1879 Herbarium silver pin cushion Stamped China on the undersideI have a fantasy that one day at a flea market I'll uncover a beautiful antique herbarium that's been sitting in the bottom of a box for 150 years or so filled with page upon page of perfectly documented pressed and dried plant specimens. Alas, this has yet to happen, but I did recently find this and one other (listed separately) herbarium pages, I'd guess removed from a larger volume. This one is Tiarella Cordifolio (or foamflower), a flowering