Victorian Dried Seaweed Pressing, Isle of Wight, #3 mechanical bird they retain their histories but

they retain their histories but live on with no tasks to perform

with no chips or significant scratches

I've shot it with two different lighting situations and am including examples of both

with what looks like just a few bristles missing near the very center

" Pretty good

Victorian Dried Seaweed Pressing, Isle of Wight, #3 mechanical bird they retain their histories butThis is one of a handful of small seaweed pressings I purchased together, which I think are just exquisitely beautiful! A few of them, like this one, are signed and dated at bottom, others initialed on , 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 burgeoning interest in the