Victorian Pressed Sea Moss - Set of Six Specimens, Mounted small tin box but they were made by

but they were made by Creative Playthings in their heyday of producing fabulous teaching toys

the fineness of the craftsmanship and attention to detail on this piece embodies all of the things that would drive me to become one

with gold figure and silver border

several months ago

now missing

Victorian Pressed Sea Moss - Set of Six Specimens, Mounted small tin box but they were made byI think I'll never get over the magic of antique pressed seaweed sea moss specimens, and really love the wispiness and delicacy of these six, which feel rather as if still waving in the water and also remind me a bit of Rorschach ink blots, where one might see all sorts of things in them. The specimens were adhered to ruled paper, then mounted in a grid to a backing sheet quite long ago I believe (my guess is their presentation here is how they were