Antique Pressed Seaweed Specimen #2, c. 1850s stool The Secrety of Being Always

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while the details of hood

Each measures about 5 3/8" in diameter x 2 5/8" tall

This is one that I think would be especially wonderful to live with

as all were important figures in the ceramics community of Nova Scotia during the second half of the 20th century

Antique Pressed Seaweed Specimen #2, c. 1850s stool The Secrety of Being AlwaysSince 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, which are larger inn size and more varied than the last. 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